Note: This autobiographical account was written by Meryl, who's modeled for me a few times before.

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Things came to a head after Thanksgiving, when it was too cold and wet to use the rooftop and I'd taken to keeping things indoors. Rowan always had an eye for Yoko, and he was spending more and more time with her after classes. I can hardly blame any young man for being interested in her, but I absolutely blamed Rowan for it! For one thing, I just didn't want these wires crossing. It would just pain me to see Yoko's childlike gaiety entwined with Rowan's lewdness and crudeness! For another, I was jealous, and while I'd normally never let such base impulses control me, Rowan and I had an established relationship revolving around just that.

I don't know how interested Yoko might have been, when he started making his advances more openly. I think she was considering it, if perhaps not all that seriously. I know Yoko prefers bigger, manlier boys, and even his new haircut and gym regimen didn't quite make Rowan into one. Regardless, I wasn't about to take the chance!