"Come on, I just won my football game." And I'm going to pay for the food" I tell him pulling him by the arm, but he doesn't budge."Come on. I always ...anted to do it in the locker room." he pleaded. I sigh and look at his throbbing monster pointing at me, begging at me too. He pulls me down and kisses me softly, "Come on. We're graduating in two more weeks," he pulls away and smiles at me, "lets leave our marks." I look at him and see the plea in his eyes and he's not even pressuring me, just. We headed back for the Mardi Gras, but became mired in the thick traffic caused by a working road crew. Amazingly, he still hadn’t lost his cool. Again he glanced over and smiled. I turned on the radio, and caught the start of a Janis Joplin song, which David began singing in a quite terrible falsetto imitation. That did it, I broke up laughing. By the time I had wiped my eyes and composed myself, we were moving again. When we reached the hotel, we headed straight for my mother’s room. I knew I. I brushed her hair back. She smiled, so beautiful. “Marry me,” I asked again, now for the fifth time.“No.”“Then tell me why not. We’re happy. We love each other.”“You’re not ready.”Frustrated, I said, “Enough with the not ready, honey. Tell me why!”She smiled softly, reached out and caressed my jaw. “When you can go into Addison’s room, then you’ll be ready.”As much as it hurt to hear it, the truth hurt even more. Kimber was right. I’d avoided Addison’s bedroom, forever closed, my way of. And after deciding that we don't needanything, we decided to make a move for our next stop, Fan Central.Jenny succumbed and bought a rain poncho before we left. I teased her,but she said she refused to get wet. "You are not going to get wet.Its just around the corner." Once again, I should have listened to myother half.We took off from the U of M booth and made our way back down Dan Patch.Just as we were in a 'no-man's land', the skies opened. I gave out abit of a screech as I became.