We went out to movies, dinner, and to the mall. * * * When fall came, it was time to start school. We arrived at the academy. There was a show ...that students from the last year pre sented. Also, my parents and I found my dorm room. We packed one suitcase and tried to bring it in. As we tried, the school offi cials said that everything was provided. After the opening ceremonies, my parents left for home. The academy was nearby, but for the first two years we were required to live on. "They wont make you do anything embarrassing and I promise you'll like it and want to do it again."I kept the smile on my face, Becky is the one who said she needed to make some extra spending money. Now she was trying to back out after I had promised a lovely thing for this month's session. I knew Ian would be able to find another model on short notice if pressed to do so, but I didn't want to disappoint him."Ok," she relented. "But you have to stay by me all the time and not let anyone do any. I usually don’t cry out like that. I usually keep quiet, but I couldn’t this time. It was too good.I was nuzzling his throat with my nose, feeling sated and warm, enjoying the afterglow. Then I heard Max. “I love you.” I froze. His saying it didn’t bother me. The truth is I needed to hear him say it. I wanted those words and for them to be true. But what scared the life out of me was how close I came to saying them back. I sat up and turned from him. Max curled up around me and told me it was. "Hey," she started, "I'm really glad I ran into you." I smiled. "Guess I'll see you tonight, okay?" she said with a heart stopping grin as she tucked her hair behind her ear. "I'm really looking forward to it," I said. Work was a haze after she quickly took off, I wouldn't be able to say exactly what work got done, really, my mind was too occupied by the bizarre nature of meeting her on the roof, much less getting the chance to see her again that night. She looked amazing, as usual. I got.