Leander and Charles spent more time studying and taking their meals together as Raphael continued to spend time with his new friends. One night, after Charles had been absent from a planned study session, there was a knock on Leander’s door. Rain beat on the windowpanes and he had been lulled to sleep by the even sound of the drops upon the windows. Expecting Raphael, he opened the door. Instead, he was met by a very wet Charles.
“I’m in love, Leander!” Charles shouted.
Leander pulled him into the room. He looked up and down the hall to make sure Charles hadn’t awakened anyone else.
“In love?” Leander’s annoyed look surely gave away his irritation with the late night visit. “I am happy for you, chap, but couldn’t you have told me this at dinner? I was asleep.”
“We have the rest of our
