His brow furrows as he tries to remember. "There was one, um...about the six friends? Who all lived in apartments across a hall from each other? Three guys and three girls?"

"Besties," I say, immediately supplying the name of the old sitcom we've all watched a thousand times, smiling softly because I absolutely love that he loved this show.

"Yeah, that one was the best one," he says, nodding like it's a fact. "The girls were...really nice to each other, and so supportive, and so funny. And I learned about...boyfriends and girlfriends and dating. And what mates were. And with movies, I liked...um, what do you call them? Romedies...?"

"Romantic comedies?" I offer. "Romcoms?"

"Yes," he says, giving me a decided nod that makes me grin. "I loved romcoms, and what the guys called 'chick flicks' - any movies and shows about women's lives, I wanted to watch. And then when I found out that the library existed? And that you could borrow movies and whole seasons of shows?"

He puffs out his cheeks again, like it completely blew up his world, and I laugh with him.

late fee and watched...probably every movie in their collection that had a woman on the cover. And I got books, which answered...so many

like, romance novels?" I ask,

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down into my eyes. "I...well, that's how I figured out that I'd been told a lot of lies at the Community. I read everything I could on

Jacks," I whisper, wondering what else he still doesn't know he doesn't know

murmurs, sighing. "Some of the science fiction shows I watched made absolutely no sense until I got my hands on a children's picture book about the solar system. That

gaps in his knowledge, so many things

of a world-class education. And Jacks is so clever, and so hungry for knowledge that it breaks my heart. Suddenly, if I could give it

gentle, looking down at me with a little sadness

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