He would do anything for me and I smiled.“Well, I think I’d like it. But only as a one off.”“If you want to, I’m happy babe, if you don’t ...I’m happy. I love you.”“I love you too,” I replied, “Could be fun.” And I walked over to Tegan and smiled.“Our room?” She asked, excitedly.We walked to their room. Excited. Nervous. Anxious. I didn’t know how to feel, I just know that Max was gripping my hand and I saw the excitement in his face as he smiled. I grinned back as Tegan slipped the key card in. We planned to leave for the venue early as it was a bit more interior inside the village and the streetlights are absent. They had arranged a state transport bus for all of us to travel but my masi insisted on coming along with her so we decided we both can go in her car and follow the bus. As luck would have it started to drizzle in a while out of nowhere and in no time started pouring heavily, the bus arrived late due to muddy roads and by the time we started our journey it was already. .but..." But you'd have to leave home," I said quietly, mentally adding, 'andme'."Yeah," Julie responded, then quickly assured me, "But I still haven'tdecided."I stared at Julie for a moment, remembering her odd privateconversation with Ms. Lindrell. I was sure that this had something todo with the substitute teacher, but I wasn't really sure what. Andthough I really wanted to warn Julie away from this, to tell her not toleave me, I'd seen the look on her face a moment ago when she'd. Geez, he had it bad for this woman. But, Landon was a professional. He could handle this conversation. He took a walk to the water cooler to refocus, glad that no one stopped him along the way. The water was refreshing, cleansing. He turned back to his office, spied his secretary’s empty chair, smiled to himself a little secret smile. He’d sent his secretary home after lunch, wanting a little privacy for the afternoon. Then, he turned to face the main entrance to his department feeling her.