She stood there, waiting patiently for me to get to a stopping point with whatever I was doing. I hit quick save and took off the headphones.“I’ve... had an epiphany,” she said, with a slight smile on her face.“Good thing I’m sitting down,” I said. She didn’t say anything. “Are you going to share it with me?”She grinned a somewhat evil grin. “Nope, you’ll just have to figure it out.”I shrugged and reached for the headphones.“Do you want to go out for dinner?” she asked.“Sure,” I said, grabbing the. “You sound like you have certainly done your homework here as well. Now have you considered how you are going to pay for it?”Brick Wall! How had I thought I was smart? Strangely I never considered that. I just gaped.“College is very expensive. The colleges you named even more so,” he said calmly, still smiling down at me. “I know your parents aren’t going to qualify for any loans, and your grades, while well above average aren’t going to get you any scholarships.” He just ended there. "What the hell is going on?" he asked. "The big bad football player isupstairs getting himself all 'dolled up'." Harold started to hyperventilate."Calm down, kid." Mort said. "The arrow has the effect of changing a person'stotal personality. This guy is doing anything he can to win you." Mort satdown on a chair in the hall. "I'm working on a way to fix this. I need alittle time." Time??!!" Harold yelled. Mort shushed him. "Time?" he whispered. "I don'thave time. He'll be down any minute." Hang. "That's just enough for gum at lunch!"The girls laughed."Seriously. First thing, let me hit the ATM," he said.The train went fairly quickly, stopping about every twenty blocks. In ten minutes they were at the terminal downtown."This is actually pretty neat, for getting into town," Sandra said.Emily and Richard had to agree.An ATM was right in the foyer of the terminal, so Richard went over to use it. Sandra watched him as he pressed buttons. Taking longer than usual to get ten dollars out, she.