Spring turned into summer and she left, so that the following fall she could return and graduate. Her job search led her to another internship, this time at Teen Voge. Her job was to basically help with every little whim. She really enjoyed it though and had received offers from her to work after she graduated. She had stayed at a friend's house for a few weeks until they were evicted, something about refusal to pay rent. So, Leah was truly lost in ways of where to stay. Until something very unexpected happened. Her phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Hi, its Mark."
"Oh hi,"
"Collins told me you visited him."
"Yea, he's looking a lot better."
"Well. Not as bad. He told me you were kind of put-out on housing."
"Oh its nothing, I will probably just have to go back out west for the rest of the summer."
"Oh, well I was thinking, if you still wanted to work there you could stay at our place, the hospital is talking about sending Collins home, and if you don't want to stay with us guys, Mimi says she has an extra room."
"Mimi? Which girl?"
"The one with brown hair. The dancer."
"Ok, well I don't know, that's really sweet, Mark, umm…I'll call you back on that."
"Ok, I got to go, bye."
"Bye."
She smiled, he had called her! Throwing herself into various fantasies she imagined Mark holding her hand, kissing her cheek, making love to her. But reality came crashing back and she realized it was probably Tom's idea, she had told him about it the other day on one of her visits. But still, it wasn't like laughing leather jacket had called her, or the lawyer. It was Mark. May be she would take him up on the idea of staying with the dancer. She just might see him in the hallway or on the staircase. With a new skip in her step she ran the rest of her errands, even stopping to gossip with the make-up girls at Sears.