We surfaced a meter from each other. She looked shocked at me and I was grinning back at her“Why you…”I silenced her by splashing water at her, ...she sputtered and then returned my splashing with a gusto. We laughed and splashed at each other, moving out of reach or moving closer for more effect. I dove under the water and surfaced just behind her and grabbed her arms, pulling her back against me.“Hmmm seems like I caught me a water nymph”She giggled and tried to turn around, but I kept my hold. "I'm convinced; you are a real live cupid and you smiled on me and I can never thank you enough!" She threw herself at me again and cried a bit more.I said 'there, there' until she calmed down. "Now. Stop all this foolishness. There is no magic. You were lucky enough to find someone you care about. Believe me, if I had any magic, I'd have used it on myself." I got her out and made her promise to call me with her personal status as soon as she had an update.Then I called Admin Services. "I need. I came back to the living room where Katie and Amanda were sitting there talking.“I guess I’ll see you two tomorrow when I pick her up.”“Wait a minute Zack, we wanted to talk to you about something.” Katie said with a sly tone. Shocked by hearing this I walked over and sat between them, as if I had a choice. They were both sitting on opposite ends of the couch, almost as if it was planned to get me in the middle. “Sooo, Abagail told us what you think of us Zack.” Katie started.“Oh really,. . .? I turned left onto Lyndhurst, crossed the street and went up the stairs into my apartment. It was an old building, with squeaky hardwood floors. I opened the door to my apartment, dropped my book bag on the couch, and took stock. The place was a mess! There were dirty dishes in the sink, the floors were filthy, the bed hadn’t been made in a month, and there were old newspapers on the coffee table. My book case – such as it was: boards stacked on top of concrete blocks – was mostly empty,.