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realized that it was time for her to go, Lou excused herself and made her way back towards the building across the campus where they met.
    She didn’t hear what the man asked about her as she walked away. Lou had her own things to take care of and men like Phil had a way of sidetracking her. Lou touched her cheeks and felt the heat rising into them as she thought about the painting of the man she was just with. Charlie shouldn’t have showed her the picture, it was all her fault, Lou was sure of it.
    When she got to the meeting for the paper, there were already most of the people there. Like everyone else on the paper, college was more to them than parties and Lou felt at ease finally.

Chapter 5
    “What is with your friend Charlie? She is very pretty.”
    Charlie smiled and nodded at the man in her apartment. “She is out of your league Phil. Even for you.”
    He looked incredulous. Phil could have any woman he wanted and he couldn’t see why she would be any different, though he remembered her at the party, refusing to be around him more than she needed to be. “No one is out of my league Charlie, except maybe you.”
    “Trust me Phil. She wants nothing to do with any jocks.”
    “Because of what happened before?”
    She nodded. “Among other things.”
    “Is that why she dyes her hair black now?”
    Charlie agreed. “Yes and most of the time, it works. Men see her short, black hair and don’t even realize who she is. Lou almost left college over it, but I begged her not to. We have been friends for a long time.”
    “I like her.”
    “Why?”
    “Because she told me off, no one ever does that. I don’t know what it is, but there is something about her that draws me in.”
    “I think that is just the challenge talking. But I warn you Phil, you hurt her and you will never get any more herb from me.”
    Phil smiled back at her. “You drive a hard bargain Charlie. You know that I have to have your herbs to sleep. I sometimes think that it is the whole reason I am going off to the NFL now. Remember when we first met, how stressed out I was?”
    “You were worried about too many things. Lou is my best friend though, so if you are just trying to chase her because of the challenge, don’t. She will see right through you and she doesn’t deserve it. Dante did enough to her and I won’t see her be so unhappy again.”
    He was surprised at how strongly she talked about Lou. There had never been anything that he had said to her before that had upset her so. Charlie was the type to never get upset about anything, but after the woman had left the party, he had played that tape over and over again. It made him want Lou more, the look of devilish need in her eyes was what did it for him. He knew that.
    Charlie lit a joint and handed it to him. Lou didn’t realize that half of the herbs in the apartment were smokeable. She had never partaken, but it was where Charlie got most of her money, guys like Phil that just needed something to relax.
    “Why have I never met her before?”
    “Because you usually don’t come here and she is always out studying or in class. I had to drag her to that party last night.”
    “Yes, I saw her there. She was quite a picture.”
    “I bet.”
    “So you won’t put a good word in for me?”
    She shook her head that she wouldn’t as she took a hit. “Nope. If you want a chance, you have to convince her yourself. I am not getting into it.”
    Phil wanted to say more, ask more questions, but Charlie was making it clear that she wasn’t going to answer them. “Charlie, you are one strange woman.”
    “Why? Because you can never talk me into bed?” Her smile was big and her eyes glanced down to the package on her mind.
    “No, you have just always been different.”
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    Lou sat twitching a little, playing with her hair as they waited for the last person in the meeting. The editor, Gregory, was always late, but no one ever said anything. “So what are the assignments for this