Instead, they just made small talk as they waited for the other students to file in.Naturally, their beach trip of the day before was on both their mi...ds. Alan started things off by saying, "Hey, I just wanted to say I had a really nice time with you at the beach yesterday." Me too," she replied happily. "Since then, I've been thinking about what you said: about how I'm too driven." Hold on. I never said that. I think it's great that you're so driven. You seriously inspire me to try harder. Only when he was gone, did I turn to look at the girl who was still standing there.“Miss, are you okay?”The young woman had also been following the big guy with her gaze but now she turned to look at me - and she wasn’t smiling.“Don’t you know who he is? His father is on the town council and he can cause all kinds of trouble for the people he doesn’t like. Besides, I need that class and now I probably need to go directly to the professor.”Her voice was soft, barely audible over all that. The sting of rejection afterNick's dissapearing act was a little too much to bear."Look Faye," Zoe said. "Rach and I go together like peanut butter andmotor oil. But, this isn't happening. I love you and everything, but..."She slipped out the door, effectively ending the conversation withoutfinishing that sentence."Knowledge awaits." To Bobbie, the comment was far less snide than wasoriginally intended."Knowledge is power. Power corrupts," Zoe said she began to walk towardsthe school entrance.. My legs feel quite like liquid themselves due to my previous activities and I have to steady myself. I dip my head under the spray and close my eyes running my hands over my head down my hair, relaxing in the feel of it. Thinking of Liam lying in bed, I can’t believe my body could respond so quickly after the things I had just experienced. I shake my head, god I got to get over that man. I grab the shampoo and pour it in my hand and start washing my hair, loving the smell, umm coconut and.