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laughed. No way was he going to brazen his way out of this one, especially since it was definitely going to be amusing.
    “Fine. I found it online. You’re making me so desperate that I have been doing research.”
    “What the Flock! What type of research? Don’t tell me you Googled how to persuade your virgin girlfriend to have sex with you. ” I said, slightly hysterical.
    “No!” He huffily replied, which told me I wasn’t far off the mark.
    “Back to my main point. Maybe we should just work our way through the list until you are ready,” he said desperately trying to get the conversation back to his main idea.
    If this would make him happy, then I guess we could try it. “That sounds reasonable. But first I want to see the list and I want to know where it came from. Second, it’s not going to be one thing on the list per day, ok?”
    Thrace nodded and gave me a grateful smile like he could actually see the finish line now.
    Thrace didn’t want to hang out at the pool because we had practice this afternoon, and he felt it would drain his energy. I think he was secretly hoping that he would get to fight Rafe and didn’t want to take his chances on not being in top form. So, we kicked back and watched Borat until we left for class.
    As usual, Thrace drove us to class. He actually put his hand on my back as we walked in the door, which he had never done before. Rafe was nowhere to be seen, so Thrace’s territorial gesture was wasted, although Jazz and Key definitely noticed and smirked as they followed me into the locker room.
    “Hey, I distinctly remember telling you that you were to call me and provide details of your sparring sessions with our new eye candy.” Jazz announced in an annoyed voice.
    “Yeah, we’re feeling no love from you. We share all our exploits with you!” Key jumped in to further shame me.
    After I put my stuff in the locker, I filled them in with a few brief details. I started to change as they discussed the info. I finally gave them one more piece of information that would set them spinning as we walked out of the locker room door. I timed it perfectly because class was starting right then, so they wouldn’t be able to ask me 10,000 more questions that I could not answer. “Oh, and Rafe enrolled in DAI this year.”
    I got a gasp and an open mouth as I smiled back at them when I stepped into my place next to Thrace to begin warm-ups. Next time I looked back, they were both glaring at me with retribution in their eyes. I smirked. I also noticed Rafe was in the front like Thrace and I at the far end of the room, so no awkward meeting of the eyes that Thrace would later bust me for. Slowly, I began to relax then focus on my form and movement. A lot of people said that yoga helped them find peace and relaxation. With me, it was karate. I was bullied pretty badly in elementary and middle school for my gangly height and my fire red hair. But instead of going postal, I channeled my anger into karate. After that, it only took one fight to get a reputation of someone not to be messed with. Of course, it also meant that I didn’t have very many friends.
    As soon as we performed our customary bow at the end of practice, I heard, “Chica, you are in trouble,” coming from Jazz. I just smiled, but Thrace looked back and said, “Why is she in trouble now?”
    “Calli failed to mention our new boy toy was enrolling in DAI until right before practice. You’re lucky you weren’t my partner today,” Jazz sneered.
    Rafe was over on his side of the room talking to a few of our fellow students, but I saw his mouth quirk as if he was listening. Well, it was a small room and Jazz’s voice definitely could be heard vast distances when she was upset. I finally slyly noted, “I figured you could be planning a whole list of questions for him during class, so you can properly interrogate him while you are sparring him tonight.”
    Jazz sniped at me, “Don’t think I wasn’t, but the point is I