’ Her wincing intensified as she reluctantly said, ‘And he wanted me to remind you that your music was too loud and to turn it down. I tried to sm...ooth it over, though.’ Before Luke could say anything, Kaylee lowered her voice and whispered, ‘Luke, what happened?’ ‘I was going to ask you the same thing. Even after you took off, like I was some kind of leper, I still pursued you week after week. But you kept me shut out. And now you want to finally talk? Sorry, the moment has passed. I’m just not. I'm sure we'll be home in a week or two, and then one of these days some nice boy will--" Don't," she insisted."What?" Don't patronize me. I don't want to hear about 'some nice boy' or 'one of these days.' Lance, I just need..."She closed her eyes and hung her head, and he could see the tears running down her cheeks. Lance drew her in to him and hugged her tightly."Cammy, I love you," he told her. "I can't stand to see you unhappy. Please tell me what's bothering you, and if it's in my power to. She would say that being around me would get the attention from other boys to ask her out later. Well, I think that with that body she didn’t have much trouble finding guys. It was Sunday around 4pm and our parents had just departed for the airport. I told Lajja that I was going to work-out in the gym and that we would order out before Seema arrived around 7pm. Lajja was fine with that. She didn’t mind Seema coming over. In fact Lajja would always tell me how beautiful Seema was and that she. " We silently stared at each other for a minute. Viv's cheeks flushed ever so slightly. She took a deep breath and lifted her head as if she was going to kiss me. Then quickly turned away. "I am a terrible hostess, forgive me. Where are my manners? Would you like an espresso, Dante?" "I would love one. No sugar, please. After you change. I'm in no rush," I smiled. "Right! I forgot. I guess I'm still not over what happened at the office." She chuckled. She headed for her bedroom, stopped, turned.