We got to school just as the train was pulling in. Since moving from Adeline to Apertus, the school had a ridiculously large catchment area, and Bill ...eems had built a light rail line that stopped at the old campus, just to make the commute easier. The school had still lost students, most of whom probably weren't excited about the whole naked bit, but had made up the difference with new students from as far afield as Orlando. Hunter's boyfriend was getting off, and we followed him onto the. Suddenly I couldn’t breath as all of the hurt and pain I had felt from losing him, from hearing about his life erupt inside my chest. I could feel the colour of my eyes changing, Vin caught a glance at them before I shut them to try and force back the tears I had finally thought myself rid of. ‘Kat,’ he placed a hand on my shoulder, ‘Kat, you look like you’ve seen a ghost…’ I took a deep breath, in an attempt to regain my composure before responding. ‘Haven’t I, Vin?’ I could hear my voice cool. “It's bad luck.”“What?”“It's like if I was a bride in my dress, you can't see my drawing when it's not finished. That's bad luck.”Evan smiled and put his leg over hers. “Who says?”“I says, that's who,” Gloria's blue eyes twinkled. “Unless.”“No, let's not go there, again.” He lifted the elastic waistband and snapped it on her back. He hadn't expected to see the white hills of her bare ass. Jeez, doesn't anybody wear underwear? He gave in to the temptation and raised his hand. Gloria anticipated. I went back to work and was finally beginning to make some progress. Mark stopped by briefly to tell me that he would pick me up at my hotel at 6:00. I needed a shower, that didn’t give me a lot of time to get ready. I left the office promptly at 5:00 and went straight to the hotel. By 5:30 I was out of the shower and drying my hair. Mark arrived at the hotel at 5:40 and went up to the bar. The bartender came over and Mark stood there thinking. Should I have a drink and wait until.