Mark let Laura off in front of the school. "Ya going to be okay." He asked. "yea, sure I'll see you at twelve." She said. "Okay, have a good day Laura." Laura walked up to the school. She had to take a science refresher for the SAT's. That was the main course she needed. There was a boy who looked a couple years older than her sitting out front on the lawn playing a guitar. He stopped playing and smiled at her. He was skinny with long blonde hair, looks like he had about 6 earrings in his ears. He also had a dragon tattoo on his arm. "Hey, come here." She walked over to him. "I'm Jason. And who might you be pretty lady?" he asked. Laura grinned at him, she liked him right off. "I'm Laura." She said. "What class you going to?" he asked. "Science refresher." She said. "Hey me too, I'll show you the way." "I guess your just brushing up for your SAT's too." He said. She nodded at him. "Come on we can talk on the way to class." He said. Laura followed him into the school.
School turned out to be just what Laura needed. She felt at home there. She liked the class and the teacher, Mr. Cole. Jason was cool too. She had met and talked to several of the other students. Mary, who was 40 and going back to school. She had kids Laura's age. She was really nice. Then a girl named Ashlyn who was 18 and was trying to finish up high school. she sat in the lunch room with them at break time. They all laughed and talked. They all laughed at Mary's stories of teenagers that drove her crazy. Jason was great; he and Laura hit it right off. He was living with his uncle, who had a small computer design business. Jason was going to work for him while he was in college. "I'm going to major in computer science when I go to college." Laura told him. "I want to design new programs and put a new better computer on the market she said." Jason thought that was cool they had the same interest Laura signed up for a college prep computer course on break. It was 3 days a week in the afternoon. Jason had told her about it. She thought it would be a good idea. The day flew by before she knew it class was over.
Jason walked out to the parking lot with her. "Ill see ay tomorrow." He said. "Sure, Ill be here." She said. Mark was waiting for her. He was leaning on his truck looking sexy has hell. "That your dad?' Jason asked. "Hell no, that's my friend." She laughed. "Oh it's like that huh." He laughed. "Not yet, but it will be." she joked back. "Ill see ya." she told him. She walked over to Mark. "How was your day?" he asked. "Great" she said. She threw her arms around him. Mark wrapped his arms around her. "Looks like you had a good day." He said. "Yep." She said. "Ya ready to go get your license?" he asked. "Yea." She said. On the ride over to the DMV Laura told him about her day and the people she met. She sounded really excited about school, and Mark was glad. She told Mark about the computer class and he thought it was a great idea.
Laura passed her driving test with no problem. Mark handed her the keys to the truck and let her drive home. "My little dead girls growing up." He joked. Laura laughed. He watched her. She was so different from the girl he met just last week. She was gaining confidence. She was getting some color back and gaining weight. She was so beautiful. He realized he was in a world of trouble. No way was she getting away from him. He was shocked at his own thoughts. He knew he had feeling for her, but the depth of his emotions shocked him. Mark old boy what have you gone and done he thought.
Laura got on the computer and did some work she had for class. When she got through she surfed the net for a while. She got up to go check on dinner. She was making pot roast with potatoes and carrots and homemade bread to go with it. She took the bread out and set it on the counter to cool. Mark walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist. Laura jumped and screamed. "Damn Mark you're going to give me a heart attack." She said. "Sorry baby" he laughed. He had went out to run some errands and she didn't here him come back in. Mark turned her around and set her on the counter. Here I got ya something. He handed her a cell phone. "You're going to need it now that you're driving. Plus I can call and bug the hell out of you when I'm back on the road." He smiled. "You could never bug me Mark." She said. "Well aint you sweet." He said. "Here I got ya something else." he said and handed her a bag. She looked in a squealed "Sponge Bob." She said. It was a stuffed Sponge Bob. "I love it." She said. She reached over and kissed him on the cheek. He set her down from the counter and pulled her into a hug. "Dinners ready." She said. "Go get washed up." "Okay little lady." He said.
Laura got out of the shower and pulled on one of Marks shirts. She had taken to stealing them out of the laundry to sleep in. Not that he seemed to care. She went downstairs and got on the computer. She slid a disc in; she was trying to write a new software program. She got into what she was doing and didn't notice the time passing. When she finally got up from the computer she noticed it was dark. Mark was lying on the floor watching TV. She went over and set down beside him. He grinned up at her. "I can't move after that great dinner." He said. "Im glad ya liked it." She said. She looked down at his arms, she loved his tattoos. "Can I take a closer look at your tattoos." she asked. "Sure Darlin." She leaned over studying each one on his left arm. She ran her fingers over them lightly taking in the detail. Laura then flopped right across his chest so she could see the other arm. "Make your self comfortable baby." He laughed. "I am." She said and grinned at him. She studied the other arm running her fingers over the tattoos. Mark was having a hard time, she didn't realize the affect she was having on him. He looked at her sweet little body laid across his chest and her fingers running all over made him to feel disturbing things. She turned his head to the left and looked at the tattoos on his neck and lightly touched them. She moved back off of him and ran her eyes and her fingers over the tattoo on his stomach. Mark caught his breath. He grabbed her hand. She looked at him confused as to what was wrong. Damn but she was innocent. She didn't realize what her touch was doing to him. Laura looked down at her hands, wondering what she did wrong. "Im sorry Mark, I didn't mean to make you mad." She said. He lifted her chin up. "You didn't make me mad honey, its just when you touch a man in certain places…Well it makes him feel….Uhh …Like he wants to make love. Laura blushed down to the roots of her hair. God I m such a dummy she thought.