As his roommate was gone for the semester due to some family problems, Brandon had taken over the entire room. He was like me, I could see. Not the ...eatest of people, but did seem to have some semblance of order for his things.His bed was semi-neatly made, while the other bed was being used as an extra dresser. All his clothes, clean I assumed, were folded on the bed. A lot easier to get to when running for class after waking up late, I thought. Above his desk was a poster of some. I’m so very honored.’ ‘Oh, God,’ I moaned, knowing that agony was only an instant away. I took a deep breath. ‘Go ahead,’ I said. ‘Let the other shoe drop.’ ‘What?’ Shug now looked confused. ‘You’re honored? People only say that when there’s an awful something coming up. People say that just before the ‘but’. You know, ‘But, I don’t feel the same way about you.” Shug’s look of confusion disappeared. He stared at me. Then he turned toward the window. I steeled myself for the bad news. Then he. I wasn't sure ifhe was being genuine or patronizing, but he stepped to my side andconfirmed that he was impressed with my throw by rhetorically asking mefor advice, "I just can't get out of my own head."Try being a girl for a day, I wanted to retort. But I comforted him asbest as I could, "We need to readjust the line to give you the time youneed. And if you get hit, hey... remember, chicks dig scars." I caughtmyself and winced after the words came out of my mouth, realizing that Iwas making. We were as perfect as a long-distance relationship could be. Every day I would call her to wake her up in that ‘good morning beautiful’ kind of way. Needless to say, we were very much in love. Finally in the Fall of our senior year her dad and her decided to take the trip up to Michigan so that she could look at colleges. I was more than ecstatic when she told me, I remember nearly falling out of my bed when we were on the phone that night. ‘Hey babe, what would you say if I was coming to.