In the half hour before lunch, I began to listen to Ashe's conversations from the day before. I liked hearing her voice, I liked everything about her, I was really cooked. I was about to make plans to suddenly show up to meet her and her parents and, therefore, keep her bound to me, when Eric entered without knocking. " Yo " he exclaimed. I glared at him and took off my earphones. " So? " he asked. " What? " " Have you thought about the best way to tell her that you are a stalker? " Eric joked. " I'm not a stalker " I pouted. He laughed heartily and sat down at my desk. " Do you need help? " he asked. " For what? " " To tell her the truth " " No, I can do it alone " I replied. Eric snorted and read the news on the big screen. In some ways, he seemed more of a businessman than m