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Shameless: Chapter Ten

Rush Hour

January became February, February became March, and Craig felt like he was living-and loving-a double life. He got good grades, was working on patching his friendship with Ashley up, but on most weekends and the occasional weeknight, he was with Coralie. It was working out better than he expected-he wasn't caught, no one knew except for Marco, Ellie and Sean, who didn't care.

It was a beautiful day in March, and Marco and Craig were heading to school when a car pulled up next to them.

"Craig, fancy seeing you here. I've got the day off, you want to hang out?" It was Coralie, looking as sexy as ever and smiling at him provocatively.

"I have school, remember."

"come on, its not like you cut classes all the time." Marco was on Coralie's side, and Craig knew he'd give in.

"Fine, I'll go, but if I get in trouble...fuck, I'll think of something." Within moments, Craig was in the car and headed for Coralie's apartment. They spent the day watching bad daytime TV and having hot sex-not bad for a day off.

And Craig wasn't caught-he wasn't going to be doing it again, but he wasn't caught.

One night he heard Coralie's name mentioned in the living room, as he sat at the kitchen table doing homework. Craig listened intently to what Caitlin and Joey were saying.

"Why don't you hire her full time?"

"She wants to move to the states, needs a change. I cant' blame her, her ex husband is here."

Coralie was married? This shocked Craig, and he wanted to come in and ask Caitlin more about it but couldn't. He didn't know if he should ask Coralie or not, he continued to listen in.

"Yeah, that would be hard on her. You'll find someone after she graduates. You have two months." Craig had almost forgotten about graduation in May, and Coralie's probable move away from Toronto. He was slightly not ok with it, and that scared him because he was not supposed to feel she was anything but a sex buddy.

"Of course you'll miss her. She's hot." Sean said, as they sat on the steps of Craig's house the next night, watching Angie play with her hula-hoop.

"Yeah, that's probably it."

"Because you know that having feelings for her would ruin everything, right Craig."

"I know, its just..she's so...unforgettable. I know I can't forget her."

"Then don't. But remember the good things, the sex the parties, the whatever else you guys do. Don't look at it as a bad thing." Craig nodded, he hoped he could heed Sean's advice.