Dancing Tides (251 page)

“Y
ou
r
e
a
l
l
y
think
I
ca
n
d
o thi
s
?
”

“
B
a
b
y
,
I
know
y
ou
c
a
n.
A
ll
y
our
c
ou
r
s
e
s t
r
a
ns
fe
r
re
d
w
ithout a
hit
c
h.
A
nd
the
a
dv
a
n
c
e pl
ace
m
e
nt
c
ut a
good nine
months o
f
f
y
our
c
u
rr
i
c
u
lum.”
She
kiss
e
d his
c
h
ee
k
a
nd sl
a
pp
e
d him on the
butt.
“N
o
w
,
g
e
t
g
o
in
g
.
Y
ou don
’
t
w
a
nt to be
a
st
r
a
g
g
l
e
r
on
y
our
f
i
r
st
d
a
y
.
I
’
ll s
e
e
y
ou
a
t lun
c
h.”

“
M
a
y
be
I
should
’
v
e
g
ott
e
n a
h
a
i
r
c
ut.”

“Ar
e
y
ou kiddi
n
g
?
I
love
it lon
g
.
I
t looks
g
r
ea
t,
y
o
u look
g
r
ea
t.
N
ow
g
o
.
”

Co
r
d t
r
udg
e
d o
ff
, his lo
n
g
l
e
g
s
e
a
ting
up t
h
e
g
r
o
u
nd.
He’
d be
pushi
n
g
f
o
r
ty
b
y
the
time he
c
ompl
e
t
e
d his int
er
n
s
hip.
B
ut he
c
ould do th
a
t
a
t
F
MRC.
H
e
shook his h
ea
d.
H
e
’
d done
cra
z
i
e
r
thi
n
g
s he
suppos
e
d th
a
n s
e
tting
out to b
ec
o
me
a
v
e
t
er
i
n
ar
i
a
n
a
t this
l
a
te
st
a
g
e
of
h
is li
fe
.

W
h
e
n he
g
ot to the
L
i
f
e
S
c
i
e
n
ce
s
B
uildin
g
, he
pu
l
l
e
d op
e
n the
door
a
nd s
t
e
pp
e
d into the h
a
ll
w
a
y
, s
ca
n
n
e
d the
n
a
m
ep
l
a
t
e
s b
e
side
e
ac
h do
o
r
.

Af
t
e
r
f
indi
n
g
his
f
i
r
st
c
l
a
ss, Mol
ec
ul
a
r
a
nd C
e
llul
a
r
B
iol
og
y
, he
s
e
ttl
e
d into
his p
refe
r
re
d s
ea
tin
g
,
a
d
e
sk in the
v
er
y
b
a
c
k of
the
r
oom.

T
h
er
e
w
er
e
so
m
e
thin
g
s
t
h
a
t st
a
y
e
d the
s
a
me
a
nd
n
e
v
e
r
c
h
a
n
g
e
d,
h
e
thought.

A
nd some
thin
g
s did.
E
v
e
n thou
g
h
h
e
didn
’
t n
ee
d
the
f
in
a
n
c
i
a
l h
e
lp, his
f
a
th
er
,
Ga
b
e
, h
a
d
a
g
ree
d to
f
oot the
e
nti
r
e
bill
f
or
his stint in
c
oll
e
g
e
a
nd v
e
t s
c
hool.
I
n
fac
t,
Ga
be
h
a
d do
n
a
t
e
d a v
e
r
y
g
e
n
e
r
ous sum to m
a
ke
su
r
e
F
MRC st
a
y
e
d
af
l
o
a
t
f
or
the
r
e
st of
the
y
ea
r
.

Co
r
d h
a
d to
a
dmit th
a
t in a
m
a
tt
e
r
of
six
sho
r
t months,
Ga
be
B
e
nn
e
tt h
a
d
b
ec
ome
a p
er
m
a
n
e
nt, st
e
a
d
y
f
i
x
tu
r
e
in his li
fe
, som
e
thing
Co
r
d h
a
d n
e
v
e
r
tho
u
g
ht possibl
e
.
O
n
l
y
th
r
e
e hou
r
s
aw
a
y
, the
m
a
n m
a
de
a
point of
visiting
him o
f
t
e
n
a
nd
w
h
e
n th
a
t
wa
s
n
’
t
fea
sibl
e
, he
still
w
ould t
e
x
t or
phone
Co
r
d
a
lmost
e
v
e
r
y
d
a
y
.

Cord
c
ouldn
’
t b
e
li
e
v
e
his good
f
o
r
tune
in the
fa
t
h
e
r
d
e
p
ar
tm
e
nt.