You are forgiven.” I laughed, this boy had too much energy and a bit of a narcissistic disorder. The pang in my stomach reminded me of other matters... “Look guys. Thank you for the hospitality, but I believe this is the part where we part ways. And Max, I was never in that alley.” I picked up my jacket from the nightstand, slipped on my shoes and attempted to walk through the door. Neither Max nor Anthony moved. I couldn’t bear to be this close to Max, he was so enticing. I pushed through that. Mari joined us a little later after showering and changing into a pair of shorts and crop top. Anna and Katherine also had showered and changed, but decided to watch the holo-display but kept the volume down to allow us to not be distracted.A couple of hours later we shut off the map. I composed an email to Philippe and asked if we could meet in two days and sent it off. I asked Mari if the morning workout was a daily thing which she answered with a big, evil grin on her face."OK, if that's the. He plopped down beside her."I have something for you." Opening the book, whose title she couldn't read but which seemed to have a few pictures, he pulled out a folded sheet of paper. Laying the book on the grass beside him, he unfolded it. She leaned over."What is it?" A map." His voice was proud. She gave an appreciative sound. Yes. She could see it was a map. Alternating between shaking and smooth lines, probably depending on if the marks were made when the wagon was moving or still, he had. Coffee never tasted this good. 04. Revenge is sweet. Heather dumped me at the Valentine Dance. She had planned it to be a real humiliation in public but everyone ignored her rehearsed scene. I walked to the bar, leaving her screaming abuse. There I met Jane. ‘Noisy, isn’t she?’ Jane said. ‘Yes,’ I replied. ‘Shall we dance?’ We did. 05. Priorities. I was too busy to think about Valentine’s Day. A project had to be finished the day before. It was. ‘Did you remember that tomorrow’s Valentine’s.