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hall and I’m starting to get cold. I was hoping we could go inside.”
    She laughed. “It is freezing, especially after walking by those nice fires.”
    He grabbed the sleeve of her coat. “Let’s cut through then. We’ll pretend I’m showing you the building. They’re finicky and get mad when people come in that aren’t there for class. It’s distracting or something.”
    Aileen had the feeling he’d been asked to leave. After the shushing and dirty looks in the library from his constant chatter, she wouldn’t be surprised if he’d been kicked out of a building or two. He was harmless and nice, and pretty funny. “What time do you have to be at practice?”
    He checked his watch. “In about half an hour. We’ve got time to check out the biology building if you want. It’s close by. Then we can stop by the outdoor track stadium before heading into Wavertree.”
    He stopped walking. “Do you want to see the football stadium? Or the dorms? I’m off campus but you would probably want to check out Holton House or Staple House. Staple House is where most of the athletes stay, but a bunch of the track athletes are at Holton House. It’s closer to Wavertree.”
    She wasn’t planning on going to Gatica so a look at the dorms didn’t seem really necessary. The football stadium also didn’t really interest her. It would be covered in snow and she highly doubted they would run into Tyler Jensen there. She would have better luck seeing him at track practice. Her heart raced at the thought of finally getting the chance to talk to him. “Do you mind if you head over to the Biology building? I’d really like to see it.” It was only a little white lie. Right?

Chapter 4
     
    “Success is a state of mind. Start thinking of yourself as a success.”
    Aileen read the words painted on the wall across from where she sat on the bleachers inside Wavertree Fieldhouse. The track team members were situated in groups all over the track. Hurdles were set up close by where she sat, the high jump apron was set, with some jumpers were doing run throughs, the distance runners were running in three groups on the inside two lanes of the track while sprinters were doing accelerations on the straightway across from her.
    She liked how everyone laughed and joked around with each other. There were all these individual events, but in the chaos of practice, they looked like a team. Several athletes had stopped to say hello and introduce themselves. She felt bad that despite how friendly everyone had been, she couldn’t remember all the names. She watched two girls head over to the starting blocks by the hurdles. Coach Anderson talked to them before pointing over to Aileen and waving.
    She waved back and ran her fingers through her hair.
    “I heard Sean took you around the school.” Jani had one foot on a bleacher that was nearly as tall as her. She stretched her hamstring and grinned at Aileen. “Glad to see you survived. Did he hit on you?”
    Surprised at the question, Aileen stuttered, “N-No. I-I don’t think so.”
    Jani burst out laughing. “I was only teasing! I didn’t mean to scare you.” She switched legs to stretch her other hamstring. “After the meet tomorrow what do you feel like doing? Do you want to go see a movie… or do you feel like doing something a lot more fun?”
    Aileen leaned back on the bench behind her and rested her elbows on it. Jani reminded her of Becky. “What do you have in mind?”
    Jani glanced over Aileen’s shoulder and then met her gaze. “Track party? Someone always plans one when we have a home meet. Tyler’s throwing it tomorrow night.”
    “Tyler Jensen?” Aileen straightened and leaned closer to Jani, suddenly very interested in the party.
    “The one and only. He’s got this super cool old house off campus that he rents with some football players.” She grinned slyly at Aileen. “Unless of course you prefer to just go to the movies or rent a DVD or something?”
    “Hell,