She was flipping through the pages, thinking about Nathan. Amanda liked the way he fancied her, and how his interest in her appeared to be genuine. She wondered if she should give him a chance. I’m in Ithaca. Hilbert may be a jerk, but he knows I’d be pissed if he has people watching me. He won’t find out if I start dating. Frankly, Amanda felt tired of being unable to date. She was a woman, and thus she craved to feel loved and wanted. She hadn’t felt that in a long time. Even a secret romance would be good. Now that she thought about it, Amanda remembered Nathan a bit. They’d attended the same high school in Joliet, Illinois. The first time she had noticed him had been late in her freshman year. He was a junior (about to be a senior). Nathan struck Amanda as a guy who could make friends without difficulty, but who recharged his batteries alone. Amanda had noticed Nathan’s attraction towards her. Unfortunately, at the time she only had eyes for Liam, whom she had known since middle school.
