Chapter 50: Therapy, Part II
Chapter 48
I was back in Dr. Linda's office. Same neutral-colored walls, same subtle jazz music playing in the background, and the same comfortable chair I always sank into like it was trying to swallow my stress whole.
Dr. Linda glanced up from her notepad with her usual warm-but-professional smile. "Welcome back, Jake. How was your trip?"
"Amazing," I replied.
Dr. Linda nodded thoughtfully. "In our sessions, we've talked about a lot of things, Jake. But today, I'd like to focus on relationships—or people you've met and found interesting."
I nodded. "Let's start with Sheldon and Paige, the ones that I briefly mentioned in one of the sessions."
Dr. Linda nodded again. "The ones you called true geniuses, right?"
"Correct," I replied. "I believe in the concept of multiple intelligences proposed by Professor Gardner. But they definitely fit the more traditional idea of genius."
I leaned back slightly, remembering. "After I first met them at Sheldon's house, my mom actually invited them over to our place. That gave me a chance to really talk with them. Sheldon's family moved from Texas to here so he could study at Caltech. Paige, on the other hand, went to Harvard and has been living in Cambridge. I think it's been about a month now."
Dr. Linda nodded. "What do you think of them?"
"Hmm," I said, thinking aloud. "Sheldon feels like the kind of character where you max out intelligence but don't have enough points left for common sense or social skills."
I paused, then added, "Paige seems even more intelligent than Sheldon and yet somehow has way better social skills too."