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look at him. “Well…Mr. Roberts I had fun beating your ass at Mario Kart. I hope you’ll remember that next time you challenge me.” I say with a wink making my way towards the doorway.
                  His voice stops me. “Alexandra…listen, do you—uh--you want to stay the night? My roommate obviously isn’t coming home tonight so it wouldn’t be a problem…” He shrugs. “It’s a little too late for you to be walking to your dorm right now, anyway. But only if you feel comfortable,” he finishes, keeping his gaze on the carpet and both hands deep in his pockets.
                  I blush.  My stomach starts doing flip flops because I wasn’t expecting him to want me to stay so I have to see if he’s serious.
                  “Are you sure? I don’t want to intrude but I suppose it beats having to walk in the dark and chilly October air…” I ask looking down at my shoes, hoping he doesn’t change his mind.
                  I feel him walk towards me. I look up and he’s suddenly inches from my face.
                  “Yes, I’m sure.” He whispers.
                  My eyes flutter as I look into his eyes wishing him to kiss me. He takes his right hand and places it on my left cheek and I lean into his touch. He smiles and closes the gap between us to place a soft brief kiss on my lips. Tease.
                  I feel my lips tingling, wanting more when he pulls back to show me where the bathroom is.
                  We get into a comfortable silence as we both get ready to go to sleep.
                  It’s weird that everything feels so comfortable with him, like we have been doing it for years.
                  He hands me one of his shirts and I get changed in the bathroom.
                  Once we are both ready with our respective pajamas, we lay together on the bottom bunk. I get the inside and he gets the outside without any debate.
                  We lay there staring into each other’s eyes, not touching, not speaking. Just feeling this electricity between us.
                  Neither one of us takes it further than that.
                  When I start to drift off to sleep, I feel him tug me closer to his body until we are spooning. He buries his face in my hair and I close my eyes at how good that feels. After a while I feel his body relax and I know he has fallen into a deep sleep.
                  Listening to him breathe, I wonder what I’m going to do because I’m pretty sure that Jason Roberts owns every part of my being without even knowing it.
                  I slowly start falling asleep. My last thought is that I will forever remember him and this moment with us together.
                  As for the rest…well the rest is going to be history….then I succumb to the darkness.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

 
    Chapter Two
     
    November
     
                  The red timer says I’m about five minutes in when it feels like I’m starting to hyperventilate.
                  I look over at Magda next to me and she seems to be having no problems breathing. Like running at a steady 10.0 isn’t a struggle. I’m so out of shape that running at a 6.0 is deadly.
                  My mouth is dry as hell when I hit the emergency stop button because I can’t even think straight anymore.
                  Magda looks over at me and rolls her eyes when she sees I’m trying to catch my breath on the treadmill.
                  She takes her ear buds out while she’s still running, “Are you that out of shape, Alex?” She asks, appalled.
                  I make a lewd gesture that involves my hand under my chin instead of answering because to be honest, I just can’t right now. I’m too worried about being able to breathe