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Two days later, Rhys handed me a piece of paper with the casualness of a man passing a napkin. "Don't make it weird," he said. I looked down. His Gatsby essay. The one we'd worked on together during tutoring sessions that had started as a deal and become something neither of us could name. The one where he'd argued that the green light wasn't hope but compulsion – the inability to stop reaching for something even after you understand it will destroy you. At the top, in red pen: A. Insightful, original analysis. More of this, please.

But I really wasn't ready to go inside and face my fears. “I'll be right back.” “Take your time.” Zeke says, pulling out a thin, paperback book from his pocket. I notice the title and smile when I see that he is reading The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. “I have my book to keep me occupied.” “It's a pretty good book.” I tell him with a smile. “It must be. This is my fourth time reading it.” He tells me with a grin and I chuckle. He and I are so much alike. I reread my favorite books too; I've read Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte six times.

I have a class to attend, he is in detention, his punishment can’t get any worse than that but mine can. Hurrying to the literature section, I pick out the first copy of The Great Gatsby I find on the rows of shelves with first edition novels. A crumpled note falls out as I am about to tuck it into my bag, I look around to see if anyone is here but there’s no one within walking distance. I open the note and frown. It is a letter. A handwritten letter.

Me: Finn. Finn: I have a paper due Friday and Okafor is going to see right through me if I try to fake my way through the symbolism in Gatsby and I would rather eat a puck than ask Knox because he'll just tell me to ask you anyway so I'm cutting out the middleman. I stared at the screen for a moment. Then I got up, got dressed, and texted back: Frosty Mug. Four o'clock. Bring the book and whatever notes you have.

Alex Goldman, one of the richest bachelors in Los Angeles, was known to throw the biggest, most extravagant parties in the city. Automatically, all the rich people were invited to his parties. Anyone who was a celebrity, a rich businessman, a smoking hot girl, or easily found on G****e for being famous, was allowed entry. This was Alex’s attempt at mimicking Jay Gatsby, from the movie The Great Gatsby, though he did not have a special girl that he waited for because every girl at the party was a potential one-night stand for him.

My heels clicked sharply against the marble floor, the sound echoing through the grand hall. I stopped in front of James, lips curved slightly as I raised my glass toward him. “Don Hill, long time no see.” My voice wasn’t loud, but it carried clearly across the entire banquet hall. “Gerald Family from North Atlantis has come to visit.” “P-Pia?” James’s voice trembled uncontrollably. He reached out a hand toward me, as if trying to touch me and make sure I was real. However, Kane stepped forward, smoothly positioning himself between us, blocking James’s hand.

But if he got her, wouldn't he be considered a pedophile for using a young woman's body to serve him? In the midst of Scout's confusion with his burning thoughts and desires, Scout suddenly felt his face being stroked very gently. A black shawl swept across his face as a woman in a sexy long night gown with a shawl only draped around her neck walked past. The black scarf kept waving behind the small back of a woman who didn't realize that the scarf had just made a man feel such a huge electric shock, and evoked something he had been holding back so well.

She stopped abruptly, then turned to me, “What are your favourites? I mean, apart from Pride and Prejudice. I tilted my head, “You want to know?” She tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear, and I wished I had noticed it first. “Tolstoy, Fitzgerald, and Baldwin.” “The Great Gatsby?” She asked, “Of course, you're the type of man who'll admire Gatsby. Rich, brilliant but lonely as hell.” She went on a full rant about Gatsby then, her hands gesturing animatedly, and I never wanted her to stop.

It is better to prevent that fr happening. Since I am the only one left in the house, I just read some books from the library. Yeah, you heard that right. Library. Miss Fatima is a bibliophile. My dad wants her to be happy so dad built a libraru inside this house. Miss Fatima said that they bought over a thousand books. "Hmm. What will I read?" I asked myself. At last, I get The Great Gatsby. I remember, when I was still a child, Rhea forces me to read this book instead of reading children's book. She said the children's book are just for brainless who will not succeed in life.