Could I really pull it off? My newfound confidence assured me, and after the last few days on my own I was desperate for some company. That Friday I ...rrived at her door with a heart threatening to leave the confines of my ribs and burst through the silicones attached. She greeted her sister-in-law with a long, warm hug and a kiss on each cheek. “Come and eat.” I already knew much of her family’s love of food. “I’ve made you my mother’s orecchiette with anchovies. It’s Tony’s favourite. I can. We'dnow had three whole bottles of Chardonnay between the three of us, since they came in, and they were far from sober when they'd come back from their evening out. At this age, as you do, I thought I knew it all, thought I was worldly.I was of course naïve in the extreme. These people were genuinely worldly! "Jo............... " said Sonn, guardedly "Yeah?" "You know we have that beautiful painting of you in our bedroom" "I remember you buying it, yes, it was hundreds of pounds, wasn't it?". I went to Georgetown. On a map, they almost look close. Yeah, right. You don't know how fucking big the state of Pennsylvania is until you have to drive through half of it to get to your sweetie. And that's after going through Maryland.Last year, our freshman year, had been--well, OK. We got through it. And the summer, back together in our hometown, had been marvelous. But, this year--look, Georgetown is a ballbuster of a school, and Penn State isn't much better. Schoolwork swallowed our time.. Jenna swallowed hard and grit her teeth for a moment, focusing on not chattering her teeth as warmth slowly returned to her, she hadn't even thought about her work yet, "I-I cant Kelsy, I'm... I've got the thing, look, I can't leave the apartment like this!" Jenna, I know it must be tough for you but they say it's safe and the store needs someone in it!"Jenna bit her lip, thinking, 'tough for you'? "If you aren't affected why can't you go in?!"Kelsy let out a sigh, she sounded harried, "I might.