"Hey, Shaun, um, I apologize about coming... I mean, walking in on you earlier. I should have knocked," she said genuinely. "It's okay, I shouldn't ha...e been... well, you know, when you were home," I said. "No, no, no. It's completely normal. You do it, I do it, everyone does it. There's nothing to be embarrassed about," she said. "I guess," I replied. She just smiled at me and we continued watching the movie. We made some small talk through the movie, but remained mostly silent until the end.. But because of my relationship with her and being the school nerd, I had become the target of bullying.Right before our senior year, we were playing a game and she dared me to kiss her. I think, she was really surprised because she did not say anything for the rest of the night. I missed my chance because she started dating jocks all during her senior year. They never lasted longer than one date.And I was actually getting attention one of her gymnastic teammates. But every time, I was with her,. Utterly. Then I joined in Bella's giggling until we both laughed so hard the gal almost fell off the table. I didn't care whether I'd get the spanking of my life. Even if I did, it was totally worth it.AnnLeaving my girl to keep Bella company I headed for the office; a couple of quick calls and then I turned my attention to the boxes Dee had placed in the studio, plain brown boxes with discreet address labels bearing the logo of "The Tack Shoppe". On top lay the delivery note, each item. Maybe they have ahotel, I thought. Maybe I can sell my clothes, make some scratch, anduse it to get my own place, or find some work that will take me out oftown. I... I don't know what I can do, but... I walked around thecorner and jogged directly toward to the road to Parkside. As I joggedwith the bags in hand, I learned that although a standard robot can'tget tired, one with artificial muscles can. The fabricated muscles inmy body stretched and contracted like real muscles, and as a.