It was one date, and it’s not like I’d never done it before. It would be fine. I got out of bed and went into the bathroom, glancing at the severa...l outfits I had set out to choose from for tonight. I laughed again as I brushed my teeth and washed my face. I really was losing my mind. It was a few hours later when Kelly arrived at my dorm. She really didn’t have anything to worry about. I had been living in my dorm for less than a week, and she was here every single day. She was here today,. Reynolds is certainly past that.” “How old to you think he is?” “He’s twenty-six.” “And we’re seventeen. We’re illegal to him. You do know that, right?” “Of course I do.” “Okay, well… I guess I’ll try and catch Mr. Reynolds at a different time.” “I’ve got a few more minutes until I have to get ready for practice.” “Okay, see you at cheerleading practice. Oh, and if you see Mr. Reynolds, could you let him know I wanted to see him? “Sure thing. Sorry to hear. ‘How did you know that?’ Pete clapped me round the shoulder. ‘Even a rugby player like me could work that one out mate, simple observation.’ ‘You mean, you knew?’ ‘Dougie, I worked that out at the wedding. You were the only one not looking at me.’ She frowned. ‘It was very disconcerting for a girl to find that the boy who apparently loved her as much as her new husband spent almost the whole day staring at her sister.’ They both grinned. I was dumbstruck. Pete spoke quietly. ‘Don’t ask me how. As far as I knew, she had no other friends. Perhaps I could get her some food. We'd been out all day, and she'd eaten nothing since breakfast. She must be hungry.'Can I get you something to eat?' I asked softly, and thought I detected a nod. There was a pantry cupboard in the tiny room she used as a study, but no cooking facilities. But I could use the communal kitchen at the end of the building. A packet of instant noodles, some sliced bread, a tin of fish-paste, and some almost-black bananas..