I sighed a deep breath and looked around, my fingers gently tapping at the counter where I stood. I had so much on my mind, so much I didn’t want to think about, and there was little to do. I looked at the calendar for the library and saw we were supposed to decorate for Halloween soon. There was to be an exhibition here on the subject of the holiday, and how it grown in popularity. I smiled and wondered if Keith and I would be invited to any parties. I knew he knew all the party people on campus, he got so many calls asking if he was coming out when we first started our physical relationship that I’d wondered if I was keeping him from a lifestyle he loved. He’d always say no, and then he’d kiss me, or we’d go back to the movie we’d been watching. It was nice, it really was, but I felt r

