It was like being newlyweds again. Darren had been attentive both in and out of the bedroom. Stephanie was one satisfied lady. Even a few of her stude...ts had commented on how happy she was lately.She sat in the passenger seat of Cassie's Camry wondering what was up. Going out on Saturdays with Cassie and Christy had been one of Darren's early complaints. Today he practically picked her up and put her in the Camry. It was their anniversary. Stephanie wanted to spend the day with Darren.Cassie. I've been abandoned by just about everyone in my life at some point or another..." Nick?" Tony cut in."Never. But my Dad..." Ally?" Briana cut across him."No, not yet, but Steph." Hope?" Elspeth asked"I'm... I don't know." Shawna?" Lorraine nailed the last, quietly."Yes," he admitted, looking down at the plate."Did she? I mean, did she really?" Briana asked, craning her neck down to get into his line of sight."Yes," he finally decided, looking up and letting her sit straight. "I know she wasn't. Everyone except me was drinking. Although, Jacob shared a few drinks with me now and then when the "adults" went inside. Well, the night was cooling off a bit and I wasn't wanting to go back into the water and then freeze my ass off. Jacob had the same thought, I think ,because we just sat by the edge of the pool and dangled our feet in the water. Jacob got up to go get ANOTHER beer and I sat there waiting for him to get back.. I hate being only 19 sometimes.He came back over and sat down again. Things were weird, and though Eric didn’t seem to know why and Gavin certainly didn’t, I was definitely letting my drunken sexcapades the night of my birthday affect my relationship with both Eric and Gavin.“Lain!” Julia’s voice broke me out of my thoughts and I turned to look at her.“What?”“Did you and Eric have a fight or something?”“No. Why do you ask?”“Because you’ve practically been living here the past week or so and you only do that when you’re running form something in your dorm.”“That.