I love the forests and all the birds. This is where I’m meant to be. I know it.’ ‘Here’s your drink. Good health.’ ‘And good health to you...Ben. I feel freed up a bit I don’t know why.’ ‘I reckon you’re given a kick-start to your spirit.’ ‘I may have too. Very good Ben. You know, your could be good for me… I mean in the abstract sense.’ ‘A sensible fatherly figure?’ She giggled and asked him to talk about himself. ‘Born a country boy. Won a scholarship to college. Always been a nature lover and. And so she put her hand on his nostrils again and blocked his airstream once more. And this time she put her other hand over his mouth to take it to another level. Alexander understood. He was unable to speak, but his eyes widened, and his body became tense as his lungs were longing for oxygen. Watching this, Samantha felt something new. A rush of some d**g through her system. Adrenalin, estrogen, endorphins. She didn’t know. All she knew was that she wanted this. The fear in his eyes, her. “Oh!” she said, making to get out of my arms and go back for it. Instead, I backed up to the stage so she could grab the case her bother held out for her. “Anything else?” I asked as she made eye contact while adjusting herself to compensate for the case. “No,” she smiled sheepishly. I smiled, carrying her up and out of the auditorium and through the campus center towards the road. I made it halfway down the sidewalk towards the freshman quad, before I had to put her down. Mostly this. What was your old job?” “I worked in an office on the other side of town, my boyfriend got me the job and everyone just talked down to me.” I felt my heart fall a bit finding out Emma had a boyfriend. “So how does your boyfriend feel about you leaving? The job I mean.” “Oh, he broke up with me. This was a couple of months ago now, I've just been at home since feeling sorry for myself.” “I understand that,” I grinned, “I have been wallowing in self pity for three months myself, but you’ll.