Cam sat up suddenly, sliding back, putting some distance between her and Michael. She stared at Michael with a look of surprise and bewilderment.
“Have I misinterpreted?” Michael looked perplexed. “I thought…that you were attracted to me, as I am to you.”
“But…” Cam searched for words. “I thought…I mean, I assumed…I am attracted to you…but I mean, well, I thought you were straight,” she blurted.
Michael looked at her incredulously.
“Straight? Mais non. Why do you think that?”
“I…I just assumed. You’re so…intimate…with Charlie…”
Michael smiled and relaxed back onto the floor. “Intimate.” She shook her head. “Intimate with Charlie? Is that why you have been avoiding my advances?”
“I just thought…and you’re my teacher. I just…” Cam stared at the floor.
“Intimate,” Michael repeated. Sh
