Research (Part 3)

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Arthur began to pick the books up off the floor. Unexpectedly, a second set of hands began to help him. The hand remained extended, offering to help Arthur to his feet. Arthur refused, shooing the smiling man away. He was still crouched with the books on the ground, trying to fathom what had just happened. As an unattractive nerd, people generally just weren’t nice to him, but with Zoe’s attractive body? Well, the world suddenly seemed a lot different. He thought about his day, and he realized that while in Zoe’s body, people had actually been nice to him. He hadn’t noticed immediately because he really wasn’t used to it. But people had held doors for him, they smiled at him. Was being Zoe all that bad?