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She nodded "Isn’t your sehter over my forehead and shifted positions on the couch "Actually, it’s for next se "This one lit class I’et ahead, you know?" It was true that a class I’d signed up for had a large reading list, but the book on the couch had nothing to do with school And I was a fast reader

"What year are you?" Haley asked

"Freshe veteran," I said

Haley forced a laugh "Please I have no idea what I’ain

There was another aard silence at that point, and after a few seconds Haley stood up and said, "See?"

I stood up, too "See what?"

"Noe know a little about each other Which means it’s less weird for me to take a shower at your place"

"Well, technically," I pointed out, "it’s not uess so" I watched Haley disappear into the hall, and a few seconds later I heard the bathroom door in theto iner couch The expensive-looking leather chair Thepaintings

What would ht now?

He’d think I was cat sitting in a museum

I read the entire ti ti roo fresh ot up, saying, "Everything go okay in there?"

"It was quite lovely Thanks" She waited for me to open the front door When I did, she looked ot a weird, unbalanced feeling hearing her say my name, and I told her, "My shower’s your shower, Haley" But that sounded kind of sexual so I quickly added: "I mean, you can bathe in my place anytime" But that was creepy, too "Iave me a nice smile and left Mike’s apart up at me, accusatorily

"What?" I asked

She onna have to start speaking English around here"

She stuck out her front paws, stretched her els in the Snow

Haley was back early the next e of clothes, and a fresh towel "I don’t… whatever it is you do down here," she said, "but I kind of had an accident in the kitchen" She held out the front of her gray Colue catsup stain between the m and the b