Gilmore/Patterson Dorm:

"I think I'm in love," Jill sighed as she leaned against her door.

"In love, huh?" Donna asked in the darkness.

"Oh, I didn't know you were here."

"I live here. In love with who? Mitch?"

"Tim."

"You think you're in love with Tim?" Donna asked, disbelief in her voice.

"Is that really so hard to believe? You said you thought I'd like him."

"Yes. Like. A fun fling, not love."

"Oh, but I do. I think. You know, I can see myself married to him, raising his children."

"Children! Isn't it a little soon to be thinking about having kids?"

"I know, I know. But for some reason, I can almost picture our first child. We've got a date tomorrow, so I gotta get some sleep."

"A date? I thought you were gonna study tomorrow."

"That's our date. We're going to study."

"Yeah," Donna scoffed. "Study."

Cutler/Taylor Dorm:

"So, uh, how's it going with Patterson?"

"Well, Stu, not that it's any of your business, but it's going all right."

"Yeah, right. Man, you should give up. You're not gonna get anywhere."

"Shut up, Stu."

Gilmore/Patterson Dorm, the next day:

Books were open, paper was out, and pencils were sharpened, but there wasn't a whole lot of studying going on. Sure, they had gone through the pretense of pretending to study, but they certainly weren't studying…

A hello kiss had soon led to two and three and before either one really knew what had happened, they were kissing each other as if the answers to the universe could be found in the other's mouth. Soon, hands joined the action and petted heavily and it wasn't long until they were making contact with bare skin.

It wasn't until Tim's hand slid to her breast that Jill was startled out of the haze they were both in. "Wait," she groaned.

"Wait?" he repeated, his mind fogged with passion and lust. He kissed her again.

When they came up for air, she whispered, "Do you think we're moving kinda fast here? We've only known each other a few weeks."

He removed his hand and she moaned at the loss. "You're right," he told her, moving away. "We need to take this thing more slowly."

He stood and she quickly grabbed his hand. "Are you leaving?"

"I think it's best, don't you? If I stay here, it's probably going to lead to something you just said you weren't ready for, so, yes, I'm gonna leave."

"Oh," she answered, knowing he was right, but feeling disappointed all the same.

"You wanna catch a movie later tonight? After you've studied?"

"Sure."

And he left. His resolve did not, however, keep them from making out during the movie, nor did it stop him from kissing her rather passionately at her door when he took her home.

"Jill?" he asked, breaking away from a kiss.

"Yes?"

"You wanna go to Rusty's barn dance next weekend?"

"That party in Saugatuck?"

"Yeah."

"Sure, I'd love to."

"Great. I'll see you tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow?"

"I just wanna see you. We'll stay in the common room or something. And next time you wanna study together, we'll go to the library."

"Oh, I see. You think staying in a public place is going to keep us from getting carried away."

"Don't you?"

"Well," she said, kissing his neck just below his ear, making his shiver, "We're, technically, in public now and it's not stopping anything…."

"Jill…" he said, warning in his voice. "Maybe you should go inside now."

She giggled as she kissed him again, but she did as he suggested. "Good night."

"Good night."