Week by week, they started to respond. I barely noticed. I only watched her. But she saw it, saw me, and started to smile at me now and then, when I s...ipped through the door, when my limbs lengthened, my spine flattened, according to her demand. At the end of each class she turned the lights off for five minutes and instructed us to relax, breathe, meditate, feel the weight of the floor beneath us and sink into it. I spent that time thinking of all the things I’d like to do to her, given the. ‘How’d you get into that?’ ‘I went to a small school up in northern Ohio. I went there because my best friend from high school was going there. They have a nice arts program and a good engineering program too. I wasn’t creative enough for the arts or smart enough for engineering so I went into their little business program.’ ‘Is that where you met Danny’s father?’ ‘No. Well, yes. Senior year. He was visiting from another school. He’d driven a van up to our campus to pick up a bunch of my. Is that sick or what?”I hugged him and stopped and took him in my arms and we kissed. I knew what he meant. I was surprised to find that I liked that we were so much alike in that respect and I told him so. That seemed to make him feel better. I finally went home and waved good night to my parents as I went to my room. Mom looked up from the TV and smiled and then turned back to the TV. I went to my room and read for a while before laying out my clothes for the next day and getting ready for. I snuggled closer as I said Duh, its winter. With his protective warmth surrounding me, I quickly fell asleep. *Bang Bang Bang* I was awoken by Joe, another friend, banging on the door. I shook Ollie, then got out of bed and pulled open the door. Sup AB, Ollie here? He promised to be my wingman tonight. Glancing at the clock, which read 11:37, showed me that I had only slept two hours. Grumpily, I directed Joe to the still-sleeping Ollie. He stayed over again, huh? Joe remarked as he pinched.