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Her in-box lit up before her eyes as Professor Mires began the lecture Thefor her business, and articles from the newspapers that she followed And there at the bottoton Liz clicked on the eh it Her stomach dropped when she saw the date Wednesday Next Wednesday As in a week from nohole weeks without Brady

Liz knew she shouldn’t have been disappointed, but she wanted hi for office and all There was no way he would be here today or tomorrow or any sooner Not to mention the university probably didn’t have immediate open space either

But that left her another whole week to obsess about Brady

A new e came in and Liz clicked back to her in-box Her heart skipped when she saho it was froht about him in a week Before Brady had catapulted into her life, she had been so set on Hayden They’d had their pseudo date before he left and then that aard moment when he had basically said they couldn’t date She still wasn’t sure what Hayden was feeling or if he was into her Didn’t really ht noay Hayden was in DC, and she was aching in all the right places for a Senator she could never really be with

Liz,

How are things at the paper? I’ve been following your colu with it Wish I could be there I’ I’d like to be doing less than getting people coffee Hope your summer has been more eventful than n’s press secretary last night They’re doing a special presentation next Wednesday Wasn’t sure if she contacted you or not, but I thought I’d attach the email here We should definitely be there I think Maxwell’s primary race will be the one to watch Your last article about hiot the student body to pay attention for once I’d recoree with the guy, but it would be great for the paper if we could get an interview

Leta trip up here I’d love to show you around

Hayden Lane

Editor-in-Chief

Liz read through the eh She seriously wanted to have words with Heather Ferrington Why did she call her at ht if she had already emailed Hayden the details the day before?

Then there was the part about Brady She had already introduced herself to hied to find herself alone with hiuarantee that it wouldn’t happen again If only Hayden knehat he was saying by pushing her toward an intervieith Brady

Her anger slowly deflated Hayden kind of seemed to…miss her He had asked about her suain She hadn’t thought he was serious about her visiting Now she was thinking about when she could fit it into her suht after the journalis a deep breath, she jotted out a reply

Hayden,

The paper is great Everyonedo without you My su besides the column, which Professor Mires said I could use foryou wanted it to be Do they have you doing anything besides acquiring coffee?

I received this inforton just before your ereed that we’d cover it I’ll see what I can do about an interview If he’s read ive ed at the obvious deception, but it wasn’t as if she could tell Hayden she had slept with Brady She continued with her ereat What about after the end of the term? I think I’m free late July, if that works for you

Love,

Liz paused That was probably all wrong She backspaced the valediction and tried again

Best,

Liz

She hit Send and waited for a reply She had taken too in with She had no idea what the professor was lecturing on now It had been rough trying to say everything she wanted to say without going overboard She had decided in the end to keep it as short as possible

Liz didn’t kno long it would be before she got a reply, but she couldn’t text him while she was in class So she waited When the eave up and paid ht before class ended, the return e some research, but it’s mindless Save me from myself

Late July it is I asked off for the last weekend in July, so don’t change your et back to work!

Hayden Lane

Editor-in-Chief

Liz shed at his last line Hayden wanted her in DC and he had taken the weekend off She had plans to be with him for the weekend Butterflies fluttered in her stomach as her remembered crush blossomed inside of her

This was probably more realistic than Brady anyway

Professor Mires co Liz and the rest of the students in the class followed suit Liz shut her computer down and stuffed it back into her backpack She had a lot of work to do before Brady caht