She made me really curious now.One day when she came back from her usual trip to the bathroom I stopped her. I told her I wanted to talk to her about ...omething. We have always been close so she didn’t mind answering my query and she sat down next to me on the bed. I first hesitated but then I gathered courage and asked her about the noises from the bathroom. She was shocked to hear what I just said. But she calmed herself and told me that she would tell me in the evening when everyone goes out.. Jean came up behind him and took his right hand in hers."Beautiful isn't it?" She asked. Ben nodded in silence as he looked around. Then he noticed a large house on top of the hill across the creek. It seemed an intrusion on the view and it irritated him and frowned. Jean looked at him and noticed where he was looking."I feel the same way too. I wanted to build a bigger house here but I didn't want the neighbors looking down on me and my place all the time." She said. Ben nodded in agreement.. I didn’t get his charisma, so my misogynistic ideas didn’t pan out as well for me. I also had a tiny bit of empathy my father did not have. I still had my share of one-night stands and short relationships like my father did, but much fewer and farther between. Looking back, I always felt slightly guilty for the women I had used.When Doug passed away a couple of years back, I just quit cold turkey and decided to stay single. My motivation to do much of anything kind of went out the window after. As it turns out, I started running circles around everyone on the track. The coach saw me and asked me if I wanted to compete for the team. I said yes, not because I found this sport fun but I really wanted to get to know Jamie. We had practice Monday to Friday, and I had no idea want event I wanted to do. I picked high jumping because I was always into that kind of stuff since I was little, then 400 meter because I was pretty fast, and I stupidly picked a distance event just to get to practice.