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just kissed? You were ‘just kissing’ all around the bar last night.”
    “Yes.” She blushes again. Her freckled cheeks grow redder and redder. “We came back here and ‘just kissed’ and stuff, too.”
    “And stuff?” Caught!
    “Yeah, like a few bases, but that’s about it.”
    “A few? As in three?”
    “Maybe.” She turns away from me.
    “Meggie, that’s Troy Turner, star athlete and notorious man-whore. You need to be careful.”
    “I know.” She gets up now, pacing the living room around the couches. “It’s just… we have a connection I can’t explain.”
    “Well, be careful.”
    “Yes, Mom, ” she teases.
    “So, some bouncer saved you from almost getting raped last night and then takes you to the hospital?” She slickly changes the subject.
    It’s my turn to blush. “I woke up in his bed.”
    “What?” Her mouth drops open.
    “Yeah, he took me to his apartment.” I hide a smile.
    “That’s actually kind of romantic. Did he take your number?”
    “He has it for the case. But, Meggie…”
    “Yeah?” She glances up.
    “It was the hot bouncer.”
    “No way. Bouncer-dreamy-eyes?”
    I nod. “Yeah.”
    “Oh my God, that makes this story twice as awesome! Did he say anything to you?”
    “He has this huge box of condoms beside his bed.”
    We break into hysterical giggles. I grab my stomach. She doubles over the chair until they die down.
    “Well, at least we know he’s safe.”
    “That’s what he said!” A new roar of laughter overcomes us.
    A knock comes at the door. Meggie perks up and goes to answer it. I notice as she does that, she rolls up the waistband of her boxer shorts slightly.
    She opens the door to Tom, our thin, dorky neighbor. “Hey, is everything okay in here? I heard a commotion.”
    “Yeah, Tom, everything is fine. Becca was just filling me in on her extracurricular activities last night.” Meggie winks back at me. She opens the door further, allowing him in. We have a pretty laid back wing, up here on the third floor.
    “Oh.” He pushes his black-rimmed glasses up his nose. “What kind of activities?”
    “Hmm, good question.” She turns to me. “Becca?”
    “There were no activities. I was just… sick.”
    “Oh, yes. Sick .” She copies me.
    “Are you feeling okay?” Tom comes to sit beside me on the couch. Meggie raises her eyebrows at me a few times, not so conspicuously pointing between us two.
    “Yes, I’m fine now. Thank you.”
    “Well, if you need some chicken soup or anything, don’t hesitate to ask.”
    Meggie butts in. “Yes, some chicken soup for the soul is exactly what Becca needs.”
    “Meggie.” I shoot her a look.
    She folds, raising her hands in defeat. “I’m just saying.” With that, she wanders into her bedroom to our left and doesn’t come back out.
    “Your roommate is a strange one.” Tom turns back to me.
    “I’ll say.”
    We share a laugh. When it dies down, he asks, “What are your plans for today?”
    “Well, I have some homework to do. I might head to the library.”
    “Oh, cool. Maybe I’ll go with you.”
    “I don’t know when I’ll be headed there. I still have to get ready and stuff.”
    “Just knock on my door when you leave.”
    “Okay,” I tell him, knowing that it’s not going to happen.
    Books are piled up in front of me so high, I can barely see over them. I have to blink a few times before my eyes focus back on the pages before me.
    “Ugh.” I run my hands down my face.
    “Hey, stranger.” Tom’s smooth voice echoes down to me from my great wall of books. When I glance up, I can just make out the rim of his dark glasses.
    “Oh, hey, I was just—”
    “Deep into studies, I see.”
    “Yeah.” My shoulders slump.
    “Do you mind if I join you?” His finger points to an empty chair across from me.
    “Uh, sure.” I awkwardly jostle and slide books to a pyramid on the other side of the circular table.
    “Thanks.” He settles in across from me. “That’s a lot of