Does that make sense?”“Jake, I’m worried I may have come on too strong and too early. Are you sure the connection we’ve shared hasn’t masked...what you’re really feeling?”“I’ve thought about that. I don’t think so. I think what has grown quickly between us has really expedited my feelings toward Amber to where they needed to go for me to find peace with her. The startling part for me is what that apathy means. Hate isn’t the opposite of love, apathy is. I’ll always value what Amber and I shared. I know we had a holiday on Monday but having a pitch workout right after gym makes the pitch workout harder.”“Ah,” Meka replied, “but you won’t have to shower after gym, at least, so you’d have more time to expend even more of your crackling energy,” after which she sent Lana a grin.Lana pouted and replied, “If I didn’t like you so much, I’d have to dislike you for that,” after which she sent Meka’s grin back at her.“You’re okay, Girl!”Lana said, “Thanks. I truly need to figure out how I can. I immediately protested stating that was only days away and he is a professor, highly doubtful he fraternizes with his students. She just laughed and ensured that there was no way I was going to win any way, professor or not. I hadnt realized she knew I liked him however perhaps it had to do with my failure in his class. I am a very studious student and have held a 4.0 since damn near kindergarten but not in this class. Its the class I am always asking for notes in as for some reason I never. “Shopping much?” dad said sarcastically. “Only a little bit, I really didn’t see anything I liked” Rita replied. “If that’s a little bit, I’d hate to see when everything goes on sale!” dad joked. “When that happens were gonna need two cars!” I said as dad and I shared a laugh. “You better hope not, otherwise you’ll be following me and Rita around all day. Now you two go get cleaned up dinner’s in five minutes” mom said. We both went to our rooms to drop off our stuff and to change into house.