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And Jo approved, too But she orried abouthiraces And she wantedmen away just because the best one had died and the others couldn't compare

She even pointed out that I had issues with abandon at the end of senior year, my parents had also abandoned me, at the start of that year They moved, like they always did, but for the first time in my life, I didn't follow them Jo claimed that this abandon o of these issues, she was certain I'd find love again

But so far, that hadn't happened So I stuck to ood neas that I'd just aced this assign off

The class ended, and we started to file out of the room My new admirer stopped at the professor's desk and pointed to ? Can we all do that?" Curious, I stopped to hear the answer

Norbert grunted and leaned back in his chair "I hate poplyrics They're certainly not what I would call creative writing But Ms Ricci didstory that tied in with the lyrics and gave them depth" He nodded at me "I was moved by your tale A very inventive story"

My tale? Did he think I'd made it up? I'd beBut things weren't that way, and I let the professor know it "I didn't make that story up, sir It's really about aveI'm sorry about your boyfriend"

I returned a weak so I'm over it"

But obviously, I wasn't I was far fro men who filled my life these days Pale shades of Zed, I tolerated these s to do My job kept s and weekends; I went to writing class two nights a week, did kickboxing on another, and still took time to unith my friends on Thursdays That didn't leave much time for boyfriends