Tomorrow she was leaving to live on campus, and she would be apart from Mark for a week. Just thinking about it felt agonizing.

Over the past year of being with Mark, although they often hugged and kissed, they had never gone further.

She was afraid of the pain and had some fear about that kind of intimacy.

Mark never forced her. He always respected her and treated her very well. To show him that she truly loved him and for him, she was willing to try ...