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Feel at home? Jay knew what that meant. It

wasn’t anything to do with actually being at

home in his house. It just meant feeling

alright, relaxed like you might at home. It was

one of those odd things people said.

Jay looked nervously around at the other

kids. He could feel the stares of those sitting

behind him. He shivered. Why were they

staring like that? Of course. He’d known it was

going to be like this. They’d obviously heard

about his Aspergers. That’s why they were

staring. It was horrible. But then Jay got a

surprise. The stares turned to smiles. Jay was

puzzled. They were being friendly then? Jay

couldn’t imagine having friends at this school.

Miss Field was handing out pieces of paper

and everyone was reaching for pens from the

pen pots in the middle of the tables.

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