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that all about?”
    “What?”
    “You’re goin’ on a date with him Friday night?”
    “That isn’t any of your business.”
    It wasn’t really. So he’d be damned if he could figure out why on God’s green earth it felt like it was. “Yeah, sure, I know. I, um, was hoping all the teachers would be at the game. It’s homecoming and we’re undefeated.”
    “Sorry to disappoint you.” His expression was impatient. “Did you need to talk to me?”
    It took him more effort than it should to beat back his annoyance. “Yeah, I wondered if you met with Matt yesterday.”
    “I did. We worked on an outline. He promised to have it completed for Wednesday and then he can write the paper by Friday. He has good ideas.”
    “Did Lancaster get to meet with him about his service learning project?”
    “Yes. He said Matt was very enthusiastic about his.”
    He stuck his hands in his pockets. “I think those projects are so cool. I wish the rest of the faculty could get involved in them.”
    “You do?”
    “Uh-huh. I do have other interests than sports, Gabrielle.”
    Brie straightened. “Anyway, Matt’s got a solid start on the research for his.”
    “Were you surprised he picked the domestic violence shelter?”
    “You know about that?”
    “Yeah, sure.”  Didn’t she listen when he said he was close to the boy? “Maybe I can take him to Rochester the first day, see what he’ll be doing.”
    Her face was full of approval. “That is so sweet, Nick. I’m sure he’d appreciate the adult support.”
    “More than you know.”
    “What does that mean?”
    “He doesn’t get much in that area.”
    An uncomfortable silence sprung up between them. “Well,” she said starting to move to her left, just as he said “I’ll be going,” and moved his right.
    They bumped into each other. He reached out for her and she grabbed onto his arms to keep from falling. For a minute they were close. For a minute, Nick felt a hot need to kiss her. God, he couldn’t remember the last time he got turned on so fast. It was that scent, sexy, flowery, and the latter wasn’t coming from the carnations by the window.
    Brie recovered first, though she blushed a pretty pink and didn’t move away. “Sorry. I didn’t mean to, I…um…”
    “Here,” he said putting her away from him and stepping to the side. “You go first.”
    She shot out of the small space like a rabbit out of fox hole. A smile broached his lips. Maybe she wasn’t immune to him after all.
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    Brie sat at the end of a row of chairs, waiting for the Wednesday faculty meeting to begin. The room started to fill up and people congregated around the coffee and cookies Dylan provided every week—a bribe, she’d teased him. Someone came down the aisle. She didn’t even have to look up from the book she was reading to know who it was. Nick Corelli. Again, he smelled freshly showered, with a hint of something very male applied afterward. Brie’s nerve endings responded to the musky scent, a primitive female reaction, she guessed.
    Oh, all right, she hadn’t forgotten what happened in the back of her room yesterday when they accidentally stepped in the same direction. His hands had felt good on her, his body’s proximity stirring something inside. Damn it! He was the last guy she wanted to respond to.
    “Anybody sitting here?” His voice gravelly. Was he feeling the same pull at seeing her the first time after their contact?
    “No. I usually sit with Taylor, but she’s out today.” Brie shrugged her shoulders, trying to be as casual as she could, given she felt even more jittery around him today. “Seat’s open.”
    He glanced at her hands. “No cookies or coffee? I’d be glad to fetch you some.”
    “No thanks.”
    Dropping down, he stretched out long legs encased in the navy pants of his sweat suit and settled in, his wide shoulders almost touching hers. He folded his arms across his chest.
    She said, “I met with Matt on his free period, if