"Me too" said the young woman hugging Annabelle.

"Gosh Collins! What’s up in your life?"

"Well, nothing so far. I’m really bored home with my parents. Your phone call has been the most thrilling thing that happened to me so far." She paused and smiled shyly "So, do you want to tell me what happened with Miss Bradley?"

Annabelle had been at her mother’s gigantic house for two days now. She had already had two appointments with shrinks and had made a point at driving them utterly mad before the end of the session, making them refuse the next appointment. She had called Collins the night before as she had spent the evening crying over Simone. She had never been the sharing type, but her sudden loss, even though she knew it wasn’t permanent, was just unbearable, she had needed to talk to someone. Luckily, Collins hadn’t anything planned as her parents were as exciting as reading the Bible.

Annabelle explained everything that had happened between her and Simone. Well, not quite everything, she left out the sex details, from day one to the brutal separation, to Collins; who seemed to enjoy Annabelle confiding in her.

"Wow." She said after Annabelle had stopped. "Not even a text message?"

"Nope, mother’s got that thingy where she can block numbers… Well, no."

"I could take the letters to Miss Bradley if you wanted to." Proposed Collins ever so nicely.

Annabelle smiled. She had not even thought about it. Well, maybe she had, but only briefly thinking she’d never ask her to do that for her.

"Thanks Collins. But, I don’t want you to do that for me. I mean, you’ve been so understanding already up until now. I didn’t even thank you properly for everything you’ve done for me and" Annabelle smiled "Miss Bradley".

Collins blushed. "You don’t have to. I kinda liked knowing something no one else knew. And, you two look great together." Having a sudden flash of Annabelle and her ex teacher in bed, Collins shook her head to make the image disappear.

"And I never thanked you for warning us about Cat… Nor apologized for talking to you rather… Harshly."