Ever since I had asked my sister that fatal question I had avoided her and either slipped out of the house before her or lurked in my room till she wa... gone, so we hadn't had each others company walking to school for more than a week. She didn't seem to mind though and even if I felt a little left out I decided that I could live without her company.When I entered the class-room that morning I saw that the seat beside Jennifer was empty and I plumped down in it. When she lifted her nose from the. "Freshman orientation is this Friday; obviously you don't need that, but I don't think you should miss your first week of school." But I thought..." I paused, and around the table, there was silence. One week. I was being told that I had one week left. Two weeks... that was hard, but I wasn't prepared for one week. One fucking week? There had to be a mistake."Are you sure?" Eddie asked."Yes," Alice replied. "Rory's class schedule came in the mail last week." She looked at me. "Why would you. “I’ll get her.” As she leaned over to take Emily from Freya, she gave the woman a quick kiss on the lips and sauntered away.Freya sat there, her eyes wide.Brett laughed. “I told you. She’ll sink her teeth into you if you let her.”Melody’s voice came from the nursery. “I heard that.”“If you’re not interested, tell her and she’ll stop.”“Wait, You wouldn’t care?”Brett pulled a worn piece of folded paper from his wallet and tossed it into Freya’s lap. “Read it.”Freya opened the paper.I, Melody Lynn. The bell boy raises his eyebrows, trying to suppress a smirk as he comes to the door and knocks:“Room service!”I wait a moment before opening the door, putting on my best professional smile:“Ah, thank you” I say, taking the bottle from him, pretending that there is nothing amiss.“One moment” I reach for my purse, taking out 50 bucks and pressing it into his hand. I lean over, whispering in his ear:“Same again if you can be back here in 45 minutes with a bucket of ice and a couple of footlong.