Much to her mother's dismay, it was not uncommon for her to come home with a fat lip or a bloody nose after an altercation with a boy who thought of h...r as 'just a girl'."Katie, what am I going to do with you; you can't keep getting into fights with the neighbors, it's not lady like. Besides, one of these days you're really going to get hurt." Mom, don't worry about me, I can take care of myself; besides, you should see what he looks like," she said with a smile on her face. "I'll bet he comes. She was impressed with how clean it was, thinking that all guys are slobs, I assume. It might be time to get a more permanent place to live – a place closer to her parents.I changed into a nice shirt and pants, put my important papers and laptop in my backpack, along with another change of clothes. I stopped by the apartment manager's office."Hello, Steven – who is this pretty young lady?" Linda said."My fiancée. I got all of the stuff I want to keep – I'm moving out as of right now. You can. I moved closer towards her and our arms brushed against each other. She didn’t move from her place. It was safe to move ahead now. It seemed that she was comfortable with it. “You are indeed an interesting girl, not to mention pretty and somewhat sexy “, i flirted. I could see her blushing. “Well you are different too, no one has flirted with me this boldly “, she said. I felt stronger now. I moved my lips closer to her and tried to kiss her. She moved away. My lips brushed against her cheek.. ” He uncapped a bottle of Scotch and mixed her drink, taking a plain soda for himself. He brought both to the middle of the room and handed her glass over before taking his seat. They sipped from their glasses, the social ritual doing nothing to dispel the surrounding air of tension.“So.” She broke the fragile silence. “What happens now?”Jerome placed his drink on the coffee table. His eyes surveyed her professionally. “Now you take off all of your clothes.”His words lingered in the air around.