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out of his eyes. “A couple. Not really at the program. We were kind of isolated. There was one kid who had committed suicide. And then there was a man roaming around my dorm. I think he used to live there when it was the hotel or something. I only caught glimpses of him. I figured he wasn’t ready to deal with it yet.”
    We walked side by side and something shifted between us. I just wasn’t sure what exactly. When we reached the main street near my dorm, he stopped and said, “I know things are weird between us, but you know I’ve got your back with all of this, right?”
    “I know. Same.”
    He handed me my shoes and phone and I checked the time. Crap. I was late. “I’ve got studio time in about 15 minutes. If I’m late, they’ll move me to the end of the list.”
    “It’s okay.”
    We stood awkwardly across from one another. A couple of girls walked by and eyed his body. I remembered his shirt and reached for the hem. He stopped me by placing a hand on mine. “Don’t worry about it. You can give it back to me later.”
    “Thanks,” I said. “See you.”
    “Bye.”
    We parted on the street and I climbed the front steps of my dorm thankful that we’d had that moment together. I didn’t need to stress out about seeing him again. For good or bad, Connor and I were bonded to one another.
     
    *
     
    Several nights later, over dinner, I asked Ava and Amber about the bathroom crier. We were sitting at on a patio at a local Mexican place gorging ourselves on chips and salsa. “Have either of you been in there with her? I can’t figure out who it is.”
    “It’s not my roommate. I’ve only seen her twice. Whatever problem she was having with her boyfriend stopped and she’s shacking up with him half the time. I figure, as long as it’s not in my room, it’s okay. I just don’t need to walk in on people having sex all day,” she announced bluntly. “I figure we’ll work out a system if it becomes a problem.”
    This was something Ava and I hadn’t had to deal with yet. People had sex in college. High school, too. I just wasn’t one of them. If Connor had stuck around senior year, I suspected we would have had sex at some point. Because of that, I was sort of relieved we didn’t have to make that decision. Things between us had been so intense – I didn’t think I was ready for that kind of situation. I wouldn’t have made a clear decision. Like I would’ve had a choice. He fogged my brain and made appropriate decision making a struggle.
    Even though Louis and I moved faster physically, we weren’t connected by such strong emotions. I preferred it that way.
    Ava dipped her chip into a bowl of salsa. “You said she wears black Converse and has a tattoo.”
    “That doesn’t narrow it down much,” Amber said.
    “Yeah, I heard her again the other day when I got out of the shower, but just caught the back of her leaving the bathroom. I was still in my towel and didn’t want to run after her.”
    “Did you see anything else?” Ava asked.
    “That time I saw her hair. Brown and long.”
    They both shook their heads. “Maybe she lives on a different hall and comes down to cry where no one knows her,” Amber suggested.
    “Maybe,” I agreed. “I should mention it to Lila I guess.”
    “Off topic,” Amber said, leveling a hard look in my direction. “What’s going on with you and the shirtless hottie?”
    “Umm… who?”
    “I saw you out front the other day with a guy and no shirt.”
    “Oh, yeah. That’s just Connor,” I said nonchalantly, as though I wasn’t just thinking about him. Ava snorted at my false ease.
    “That’s Jane’s ex.”
    “Ex?” Amber asked. She grabbed a handful of her long black hair and twisted it in a knot/bun at the back of her head. “Why the hell would you ex that?”
    “It’s a long story,” I said.
    Ava nodded in agreement. “Very long.”
    Amber pretended to check her watch. “I’ve got time.”
    “It’s um…” I twisted my paper