Laughing, we rolled on to our sides and placed our foreheads together. Kissing the tip of her nose, I asked, “What did you wear for your run this mo...ning?” Smiling, she said, “My blue halter top and those dark blue, terry-cloth running shorts.” “Nice. You look good in those shorts. Did you know Chad was going to be there?”“No, I’ve never even met him.” She paused, and said, “Actually, I was a little disappointed he was there. I was looking forward to my run with Steve and… and I was looking. At the end of practice, Coach had us gather again.“Thank you, all of you, for putting up with what was a learning session for me. There will be many aspects of practice all week that will primarily be for me to learn the sorts of skill sets each of you has and I ask that you each do your best, no matter what sort of things I ask you to do. After this week, practice will become more like typical practices for my team. Once school starts, we will have a regular schedule of practice sessions,. Damn the bastard, did he have to look so good? She focused, or made the effort to, on cleaning herself, her hands keeping well away from that little button that begged to be messed with. She was not touching herself in front of him, back turned or not. With much hemming and hawing, she finally felt clean enough to pull her pants up. His back was still to her, and she had the distinct feeling he was laughing at her, his head lowered and those thick shoulders trembling tell tale signs that he. “Markus,” I said giving him a small smile. “It’s me, Natalie.” Markus’ face lit up into a huge smile. I could not help but match him with a smile just as amazing. He looked me over a little more before reaching down to help me into his room. Once I was in his room, he shut the window and sat down on the bed. “You can sit down,” he said tapping the bed beside him. He had the look of a kid in a candy shop and that made me happy. I was worried he didn’t want to see me, but that did not seem to be.