I can see why you're down."It didn't surprise me that he knew all of that about me. My mother liked to gossip."Yeah, well, what would you know about i...?" I retorted."Nothing I guess," he replied with a wan smile. And then suddenly stood up, prompting me to do the same. "But, if you get tired of your own pity party, and if you decide that you're ready to stop hiding before your mother sets you up with the next Mrs. Right, come on over, I might just be able to help you find that Christmas spirit. That was as far as I got before I was hit by two girls who wrapped their arms around me and squeezed tightly."What happened?" demanded Natasha."Yeah," added Kirsty. "What did the old bat want?"I broke free and had a quick look over my shoulder, "Come on," I said heading down the steps with an arm around each, "I'll tell you when we're out of school."The three of us walked quickly to the gates and then I was forced to stop as Natasha rounded on me."Well," she demanded, "how much trouble are we. And sleeping here.” Then he ran off.I know I should have felt that the sanctity and safety of my room had been violated but I couldn’t help but laugh. But then my alarm went off. It was time for me to start getting ready for the day. I stripped out of the suit and went to my sink. I didn’t really like the idea of going to the guy’s showers so I went to the sink and got some washcloths. I was cursing the design of these dorms. Of course, I felt guilty for doing so. I wondered why this couldn’t. “Thank you again.” Helen said, taking a seat and accepting the unspoken invitation to light up. “You didn’t need to do that. And Maria is dating your son, Georgia; Helena will be fine. I certainly hope she’s helping out.”“Oh no,” Georgia started to lie. “We wouldn’t ask that of...”Maria cut her off.“I did the dishes.”“She’s very good with the dishes, yes.” Georgia concluded without missing a beat.Helen smiled at them. She made a mental note to visit the Poldouris family more often.“I wish my.