He said that there were no more appointments scheduled for the rest of the day and if I’d hurry, he’d lock the door and wait outside.I decided tha... it was worth it to save time before picking her up and going to meet my husband. I entered the men’s shower with my towel and removed the sheet covering my small little body. I got under the soothing, hot spray and became more than a little turned-on thinking about all the nubile, attractive studs that washed their buffed, muscle-bound forms in. In fact, she'd studied at the Royal College of Music and was already a professional musician; but not one who'd made much money despite having played regularly in a classical saxophone quartet and several jazz bands. Like Judy and me, she'd had a kind of epiphany when she saw Crystal Passion on stage, though of all the band she was the one least enamoured of Judy Dildo's guitar-playing and on-stage theatrics. She said it detracted from the music's essential integrity. Ironically, she was also. And umm, your hair looks nice too."Part of me wanted to melt into the ground and die. But another part feltpleased to hear someone other than my mother saying something nice. Jasonsmiled awkwardly.My mother interrupted. "Jason, Annie needs to get back around people herown age again. Could you hang around with her for a while. Hang out withsome of the other kids?" Oh my god Mother," I protested, "Jason doesn't want to be forced to benear me. How awkward is that for him? His best friend is gone. My jaw must have hit the floor. I had one thought in my head: 'She...she loves me?'I tried calling her a few times, but she didn't return any of my messages. I tried knocking on her door, but no answer. It was a couple of weeks before I decided I'd had enough. I marched right over to her apartment and, when I found it locked, kicked the door open. Sam came running in wearing nothing but a shocked expression. "Jim, what the fu-"That was all she had gotten out because I had marched right.