”The three of them go to the counter and Lyn asks the woman, “I’ve an issue which requires I have some long term stability in my housing. Is it ...ossible for me to lock down my housing in this same room by paying for it all in advance for some years?”Lucy smiles as she replies, “Yes, you can. But you have to accept who we put in the other bed in the room.” She’s happy about being able to get some extra income up front and have less to worry about booking in the next few years. Also, the college. "I guess it just seemed ... like it's the right time, you know?" She gave his question more serious consideration as she shimmied out of her pants. They got caught around her ankles awkwardly, and blushing Jane stumblingly extracted herself from them as Patrick watched. She kept on talking to try to save face,"I mean my entire life is going to be dedicated to the Academy starting tomorrow, that's the kind of thing that makes a girl think hard about what she's done with her life so far." Makes. "Can you wait until after dinner?"I couldn't."Yeah, sure mom."...but I figured it was the least I could do.Dinner was a little weird, but less awkward than I was anticipating. I told her about school, she told me about work. We talked about a TV show that we both liked to watch together, and we predicted what would happen in the next episode. I tried to match the pace of my eating with hers, so that I wouldn't seem too eager.When we both finished eating, Mom stood up and brought the dirty. Scott headed towards the pool, Andrew scanning his tight butt all along the way. Only a few kitty swimmers and weekenders were using the pool, so Scott and Andrew did some fast laps in the deep end, going from side to side. Then they messed around with some kids from school playing water polo, anything to keep their heart rates up and prepare their muscles for the state competition. After a while, many people had left the pool and it was nearing closing time. "We should probably hit the showers.