He said I had been a wonderful inspiration to him because of my work ethic and he admired me. It nearly made me puke. We wound up at the same universi...y and he made it a point to talk to me every day. It was the same old hugging routine, and people actually thought he was my boyfriend. No one would ask me out because they thought I was with Talbot. Since we were on the track team together, he made it a point to sit by me on the buses or airplanes and it seemed like I couldn’t get away from him.. Before my very eyes it began to transform. And in a flash of blinding light there sat a man. The most handsome man I had ever lay eyes on. He had black hair that was spiked in the front. His eyes were a crimson red. His skin was pale and flawless. He wore no shirt, revealing a smooth, tatooed, chest. The only clothing he wore were tight black jeans. He had a slight smirk on his face. He spoke in a British accent. Nevermore His voice was melodic, like velvet dragging across my ears. It shook me. It took all my strength to keep from slapping that smug grin off of her face. Instead, I turned and walked into the shadowy back room to cry between the dusty shelves full of new summer items.By the time my shift was over I felt totally dead inside. The long walk to the center of the mall felt like shuffling steps to meet the hangman. John saw the look on my face and quickly came to meet me."What happened?" Jules was put in restraints and sedated yesterday after her parents went to visit her.". He turned his face to look at me with a mixture of puzzlement and fear that held me transfixed as we stared at each other.“Look, I said I’m not.….” he hesitated, “I’m not really gay.….. it’s just….”I interrupted him, “How can you not REALLY be gay?” I said, using quotation-marks in the air with my fingers. “I just made a pass at you and you’re still sitting here.” I raised my eye-brows and gave him my best “You’ve been rumbled” look. Then I raised my arm in surrender and said, “I promise I.