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lukewarm coffee and nodded as she analyzed her friend's words.  "Maybe," nibbling on her lip the thought of what she was about to do tonight really hit her and she felt her stomach clench.  "He won't hurt me?" She lifted her eyes to Janie's, suddenly hit with a fear she didn't understand.
    Putting her hand over Scarlett's she met her gaze dead on. "Not if he wants to live," she smiled trying to put her friend at ease.  "Rhett would never take any of this further than you were willing to go Scarlett.  If you told him to stop it would end immediately and there would be no hard feelings."  If she didn't know that with certainty she would never let her consider taking Rhett's offer.  "Sweetie this is completely about trust, and before you agree to anything you need to be able to trust him."
    Letting out the breath she hadn't realized she'd been holding as she waited for her friends' answer, she felt a little calmer.  "So what's going to happen tonight?"  If they had to negotiate things, as Janie had told her earlier, she wondered if that meant the ten Nights would start another time.
    "If I know Rhett like I think I do, you guys will sit down and go over things for hours.  After you've come to an agreement, or if you decided to walk out the door and say no thank you, you'll move on from there."  She remembered well her first negotiation with David.  She felt like she'd just exposed her soul after their long debates.  The difference between herself and Scarlett though was she knew exactly what she was willing do to in the bedroom.  She couldn't even imagine what it would be like going into this completely innocent.
    The thought that they would just talk tonight allowed her nerves to settle somewhat.  She admitted to herself that she was a little disappointed too that she wouldn't get to touch him.  She felt her face heat up at the admission.
    "Girl you've got it bad," Janie shook her head and laughed softly.  It was definitely something to see her no-nonsense friend so overwhelmed for a change.  "Why don't we go shopping and treat ourselves to a girl's day out, my treat?"
    "That sounds like fun, we need to talk about what we're going to do next month too."  They had to be out of the dorms in thirty days and the job Scarlett had at the supply store on campus, while not much in the way of wages, would be ending.  Her nerves were strung tight as she thought about the future.
    "Well Daddy has made our decision easier," she rolled her eyes at the thought of the keys to the condo that she'd found with papers in her mail slot this morning.  "With all our talk about Rhett, I haven't showed you something."  Walking over to her purse she pulled out the papers and handed them to Scarlett with a shake of her head.
    "He bought you a Condo," Janie gasped as she looked at the contract and wondered why her friend wasn't happier about this.  "Hell Janie, I've been worried sick about finding a place, you should be jumping up and down for joy."  She had never understood her friend's aversion to having her father cater to her every need.  She knew they didn't have a real father/daughter relationship, but she would have been ecstatic to not have to worry about money.
    "Why were you worried Scarlett," Janie shook her head again, "you know I would never leave you stranded, you're my best friend!"
    "You can't take care of me forever, Janie, and it doesn't feel right mooching off you like this."  She loved her friend, but taking her charity was just against everything she believed in.
    "Damn it Scarlett, what the hell would I do without you?  You've always taken care of me, this shit," she picked up the paper with a curl of her lip, "it doesn't mean half as much as your friendship does to me, don't you get it?"
    "You don't ever have to worry about me not being here for you Janie, but sooner or later I have to be able to stand on my own feet too." Standing up she walked around to her friend and leaned down to hug her.  "I can't