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Loretta returns to her room around five in the morning. We wouldn't have our first class on this post"party day, even though she ideally wouldn't have seen me and Ethan like this. Half naked and cuddled, lying in the same bed. A giant question mark was drawn on her face. Surely, I was some kind of hopeless piranha even on her levels, in her head, of course. In my conception, I was and am just a free woman.

Free of labels, free of the need to explain myself, giving satisfaction to one or another, free even of prejudices.

But she came in without saying anything, just grabbed some clothes to get ready in the bathroom. She saw that I saw her, so I thought I had to get Ethan out of here before she even got back to her room.

" Come on, wake up, Ethan. " I move him as soon as Loretta closes the door.

" Huh? What? He wakes up slowly, still trying to locate himself.

" You gotta get yourself home, come on.

" There, okay, okay.

He gets up, still a little confused, gathers his clothes and in l