Woohoo - exams are over!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Finally, finally got some sleep!! So now it's time to make up for all of that time lost where I didn't update and get moving with the story.

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Chapter 21:

As soon as we got out of the dorms, opened our umbrellas and began walking, Julie turned on me.

"So how do you know my brother?"

I whirled toward her in surprise.

"What?!"

She giggled.

"Come on Liz. The two of you were talking with each other as if you already knew each another. Plus you didn't have that awestruck look that most women in their twenties get when they meet my brother for the first time. You were more wary of him, the way people are if they know my brother, but not very well."

"Has anyone ever told you that you are a little too observant."

"Sure. All the time. It's what will make me a good lawyer. That, plus I'm naturally charming."

I couldn't help but smile at that.

"Now how do you know Will?" Julie's face fell. "Oh, please don't tell me you went out on a date with him!"

I shook my head.

"No. Besides, your brother doesn't date law students." As soon as the words came out of my mouth I knew I said too much.

"And how would you know that Liz?!"

"Let's just drop it. Forget anything was ever said."

"Oh no. How do you know Will, Liz?"

"I work at DarBing."

"OH!!!!!!!! Why didn't you just say so?"

"Because you didn't give me the chance, chatterbox."

Julie blushed.

"I'm sorry."

"Julie, I was joking around. It's fine."

By this time we had arrived at the pizza place that we were going to have lunch at so we ducked in, out of the rain, grabbed a table and waited for someone to take our order.

"Ok. So what do you think of my brother." Julie said, with a twinkle in her eye

"Oh no! We are NOT going there!"

"Going where?"

"I see the look in your eyes and I know what it means"

"You haven't even known me a full day yet, how could you read my face?"

"It's the same look my crazy matchmaking friends get when they want to set me up with someone."

Julie just gave me an angelic, innocent-like look.

"No, no, no, no, NO!!"

"No, what, Liz?"

"No you are not setting me up with your brother."

A server came to our table and we gave him our order and he left.

"Why not Liz? You two would be perfect together."

"No we wouldn't, trust me?"

"I don't get it, you say you haven't dated Will, then how would you know whether or not the two of you are good together."

"I just know and that's all I'm saying about it."

Julie pouted.

"You aren't going to get any more information from me Julie. Besides we aren't here today for you to try to set me up with your brother, we're here so I can show you around the school."

"Can't we do both?"

"No Julie." I sighed. "Look, your brother and I have never gone out on a date, but we almost did and realized that it wasn't best for either of us. We've dealt with a lot of misunderstanding between the two of us and finally have cut through the crap to the point where we've agreed to try to be friends. I don't want to screw with the balance. Can you trust me on this?"

Julie nodded.

"Thank you. Now this is Bob's. Aside from Columbar this is the place where most law students will meet up and hang out."

"Where's Columbar?"

"One block over and two blocks up. Anyway, while this is great to get a bite to eat or for a quick review of the reading before class, I wouldn't recommend studying in here unless you can work with a whole lot of distraction. The place gets packed around exam time with people taking a break from studying."

"Got it."

"After lunch we'll head over to the bookstore to get some of the basic casebooks you'll need for your classes so you can get started on the reading."

"Ugggggh. I don't think I'll be reading for class, I never did in college."

"This isn't college and you can't get away without reading the books for class. Most professors, especially your first year, believe in what is called the Socratic Method. They'll randomly, or not so randomly, call on your or one of your classmates to recite a case. You'll be expected to know the facts of the case, what the lower courts held, what that court held and why they held the way that they did."

Julie gasped.

"So you need to read for class, and take notes while doing it. Cause if you don't, and you come to class unprepared, you are going to embarrass yourself in front of a lecture hall filled with 150 of your peers."

"I suppose I'm reading for class"

"Oh and leave plenty of time to do it too. Reading cases is not like reading a book and it takes a lot of time to get used to the lingo."

Julie nodded. The server then came with our order and we dug in. We finished lunch and went over to the bookstore to get her books. Then I showed Julie some of the main buildings on campus that she needed to know about and, since the books were getting heavy and it was still raining, headed back to the dorm.

"Liz?" Julie called to me in the hallway outside our rooms.

"Yes Julie."

"Thanks for showing me around today. I had a really good time."

"I'm glad. I enjoyed myself too."

"Oh and Liz?"

"Hmmm?"

"I really do think you and Will would be perfect for each other. Just wanted to weigh my two cents in again. I'll see you tonight."

And leaving me standing in the hallway, she let herself into her room.

I know y'all want to complain that it is an EXTREMELY short chapter, but it's just a transition chapter. I'm writing the next chapter now. Hopefully it will be up within a day or two. Until I get it up, y'all are free to click the little green button and review!