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gorgeous."
    "What did you say?" she laughed.
    "I'm trying to learn slang," I
explained, blushing. "It means crazy. He's hot, crazy gorgeous."
    "Honey, be careful. I don't think it's
exactly forbidden, since you're of age, but teachers and students shouldn't mix
like that. It's not right," she said.
    "Why?"
    "Well, because he's got some authority
over you, as your teacher. It isn't an equal relationship," she explained.
I tucked that advice away in my memory, but I didn't feel any differently. If I
had a chance to date Justin Mackey, I was going to take it. How could he exert
authority over me if we were just seeing each other, and it was what I wanted?
    My few days back at home flew by all too
quickly. I rode out with Tyler in the late afternoon, but only once. I got so
little time with Gracie as it was, between her afternoon nap and her early
bedtime, that I didn't want to spend any of it away from her.
    Another time, Charity and Amber and I all
piled into the new SUV and drove over to see Annalee and her new baby, who was
growing like a weed. We went into town to see Celeste and Ciara, too. I was
shocked at Celeste's appearance. She'd cut her hair, shorter than mine, and
dyed it red. She wore a lot of makeup, too, and had pierced her ears and
started additionally wearing one thick earring she called a gauge. For the
first time, we didn't all look like sisters, and I couldn't believe the
difference six weeks could make.
    On Thursday, my last day at the ranch,
Janet prepared a big family dinner. All of my sisters came, even Celeste, who
traded a shift at the truck stop where she worked to be there. Though most of
them had to leave early in the evening to get home and prepare for another
workday, we had a grand time being together again, all in one place. Celeste
took the brunt of the teasing, because of her flaming red hair, but it was
okay. I'd made my splash each time another of my sisters saw my transformation.
I felt special, sexy and loved, and Tyler only reinforced the sexy part. I
could tell he wanted so badly to kiss me, but hadn't made the move. I didn't
give him any help.
    Friday morning, Russ, Charity and I packed
the car and I said a tearful goodbye to my baby, who of course threw a
monumental tantrum. Amber finally had to carry her struggling and screaming
into the house so that we could leave, and I cried all the way to Rock Springs.

CHAPTER FOUR
    At first, I tried to talk Russ out of
buying me a car. He had already done so much that I didn't think I should take
advantage of his generosity. But he explained again that my having a car on
campus would help him when their new baby was born. When I realized it meant I
could go back to the ranch anytime I wanted, I began to warm to the idea.
Because of the terrible driving conditions across Wyoming in the winter, we
decided on an SUV, a Honda CRV, red of course. Russ told me to watch my speed,
since the red car would attract traffic cops.
    I ran into the dorm room super excited to
see Rihanna after our week apart. Dragging her by the hand like she had dragged
me the first day we met, I took her to see my new car and take a spin around
campus.
    "Girl, you're driving from now
on," she squealed.
    "Works for me," I replied.
"Don't you just love the color?"
    "Cop magnet," she smirked.
    I wasted no time putting into action my
plan to reinvent myself. I hung out with Rihanna as often as possible, while
doing my best to attract the attention of Prof. Mackey. Fortunately, Rihanna
and her friends always hung out as a group, and very seldom paired off. She had
a gaggle of girlfriends who were always good for a laugh and a party. She
called them her posse, or sometimes her peeps, and our group made quite a
splash on the dance floor.
    Naturally, there were some boys in the
group, too. Mostly they were kids Rihanna had gone to high school with. They
were good fun, and almost every weekend night, you could find my CRV stuffed
with as many of them as would fit. Sometimes we