Dancing Tides (250 page)

She
st
r
ok
e
d
a
noth
e
r
line
do
w
n his j
aw
.
“A
sk him som
e
tim
e
.”

F
our
m
onths lat
e
r

F
irst day
of fall
c
lass
e
s

“T
h
ere’
s nothi
n
g
to be
n
e
r
vous
a
bout,”
K
ee
g
a
n
a
s
s
u
re
d him
w
h
e
n she
s
a
w
Co
r
d
f
idg
e
t
w
ith his b
ac
kp
ac
k.

“Ea
s
y
f
or
y
ou to
s
a
y
, Miss
T
h
re
e
De
g
r
e
e
s,”
Co
r
d
r
e
pli
e
d in mo
c
k disd
a
in.
“W
h
y
do
I
f
e
e
l like
I
’
m six
a
g
a
in
a
nd th
i
s is
m
y
f
i
r
st d
a
y
of
s
c
ho
o
l
?
”

“
I
don
’
t kno
w
, m
a
y
b
e
b
e
ca
use
y
ou h
a
v
e
on b
r
a
nd
-
n
e
w
sn
ea
k
er
s.
O
r
t
h
a
t
y
o
u insist
e
d
y
ou n
ee
d
e
d to b
u
y
n
e
w
j
ea
ns
a
nd shi
r
ts.
O
r
it mi
g
ht be
the
fac
t
y
our
b
ac
k
p
ac
k
h
a
s
a
ll n
e
w
s
c
hool suppli
e
s in it.
Yea
h, it
’
s p
r
ob
a
b
l
y
t
h
a
t.”

“
Sm
ar
t
a
ss.”

“N
ow
s
e
e
,
y
our
sn
a
p
p
y
c
om
e
b
ac
ks
w
ill do
y
ou
p
r
oud in
c
l
a
ss.
J
ust don
’
t
m
a
ke
a
h
a
bit of it, or
fa
ll
a
sl
ee
p no m
a
tt
e
r
how
dull the
p
r
o
fe
ssor
i
s, or
in some
ca
s
e
s, the
T
A
.”

“T
oo b
a
d
T
A
d
o
e
sn
’
t st
a
nd
f
or
tits
a
nd
a
ss.”
W
h
e
n he
s
a
w
the
look on h
e
r
face
,
h
e
g
r
inn
e
d.
“O
k
a
y
,
I
don
’
t
f
ee
l six
a
n
y
m
o
re
.
B
ut the
f
i
r
st time
ar
ound
I
wa
s
r
e
a
l
l
y
into
c
oll
e
g
e
t
a
nd
a
.”

She
bump
e
d his should
er
.
“
I
b
e
t
y
ou
w
ere
.
T
eac
h
i
ng
a
ssist
a
nts
a
r
e
usu
a
l
l
y
hot. So
y
ou
b
e su
r
e
to st
a
y
a
w
a
y
fr
om
a
n
y
t
a
nd
a,
or
I
’
ll
b
e
f
o
rc
e
d to show
y
ou
m
y
n
a
s
t
y
sid
e
.”

“
I
’
m p
re
t
t
y
su
r
e
I
’
v
e
a
l
re
a
d
y
s
ee
n
y
our
n
a
s
t
y
sid
e
.
Come
to think of
it, I
r
ea
l
l
y
p
r
e
fe
r
y
o
u
r di
r
t
y
sid
e
.”
T
o
p
r
ove
it,
h
e
l
ea
n
e
d in,
g
a
ve
h
e
r
a
q
u
i
c
k tug
on the
lips until he
g
ot
a
ni
c
e
little mo
a
n out of
h
er
.
“
I
h
a
v
e
n
’
t b
ee
n in a
c
l
a
ss
r
oom in
a
lmost t
e
n
y
e
ar
s.”

“
I
t
’
ll
c
ome
b
a
c
k to
y
ou.
N
ow
shut up, bu
c
k up,
a
nd
g
e
t to
c
l
a
ss.”

“H
ow
a
bout
y
ou be
m
y
p
er
son
a
l
TA
?
”

“
I
’
ll show
y
ou
t
a
nd
a
—
l
a
t
er
.
Q
uit st
a
llin
g
.
”

“Y
ou
’
ve
g
ot l
a
b
f
i
r
st thing
this mo
r
nin
g
,
r
i
g
ht
?
”

“Ye
p, on
m
y
w
a
y
to
A
n
a
tomic
P
a
thology
n
o
w
.
W
e’
ll m
ee
t up in the
stud
e
n
t union
f
or lun
c
h, ok
a
y
w
ith
y
ou
?
”

“T
h
a
t
’
s the
pl
a
n
.
”

“
Co
r
d,
y
o
u
’
ll do
f
in
e
.
T
h
ink
a
bout the
t
w
o of
us p
rac
ti
c
i
n
g
v
e
t
e
r
in
a
r
y
m
e
d
i
c
ine
tog
e
th
e
r in the
not so dist
a
nt
f
utu
re
.
B
oth of
us t
a
ki
n
g
ov
e
r
B
ra
n
’
s p
r
a
c
ti
c
e
a
nd
m
a
king
it
c
oin
c
ide
w
ith our
w
o
r
k
a
t the
ce
nt
er
.
C
oll
e
g
e
is most
l
y
a
ton of
r
ea
di
n
g
a
n
y
w
a
y
a
nd
y
ou
l
ike
to
rea
d, so—”