30 Aribel The first week wasn’t that bad. I had so much work to do for school and all the time in the world to get it done. In fact, I had so much time to do homework I completed assignments way before their due date. How had I ever spent this much time on homework? It was truly baffling. The second week was torture. Even though I spoke to Grant every day on the phone, I missed him like crazy. And the worst part was I couldn’t even talk to my roommates about missing Grant without getting angry death glares. They’d all dated the other guys when Grant and I had been in an argument over Christmas break, and now Grant and I were the only ones left in tact. I couldn’t fix that, and they clearly didn’t want the reminder. So I found reasons to be out of the apartment all the time. I practic

