“But with help from Jocelyn and Clarissa, I worked through them. And Milena helped as well.”“You two were really close, right?”“Yes. But we�...�ve had to be very careful this semester because I’m in her class, not to mention she married to her childhood sweetheart on New Year’s Eve.”“May I ask a very blunt and direct question?”“I’d say this is the time to do that.”“Is there a risk of Jocelyn stealing you away at the last second?”I took a deep breath and let it out, “No. You don’t know most of what. " She gone to Seattle with her mom to shop."Still thinking about your threesome," Robbie accused. "You had your chance, you chose a General Hospital instead." My life is a soap opera. I can relate."Robbie started to sit up and say something, then relaxed. I enjoyed the feeling of her body resting against mine. "I chose today because I knew Tami was going to be gone. She knows. We talked about it." Oh." More soap opera.We didn't talk much, just snuggled as we watched a movie on TV. My Best. “That’s enough. We need to swim, then shower and eat breakfast. We have some cows and calves to move about five miles today and we’ll be out there most of the day, even with an early start.”I pushed off the side of the pool and swam to the other end. Julie was right beside me when I pushed off the end and started back. Each time I turned my face toward her, she was looking at me and smiling.She swims effortlessly and her arms are always in sync as she pulls herself through the water. I swam six. I got ready in record time. I showered like I was bathing in boiling oil, and was out in just over a minute, almost slipping and breaking my head on the bathroom floor tiles. I put on a pair of blue jeans, my favorite, and grabbed any random T-shirt that came in my hands. While donning it I stubbed my pinky toe on the foot of the bed and spent the next half minute cursing while jumping around on one leg and my head stuck in the neck of the T-shirt. Unable to find matching socks I put on a grey.