We also stopped by the student services center where Hope worked on campus. I had only dropped by to visit her there a handful of times, and really did not know the people that Hope introduced. What really stuck out to me were the seven or eight guys who lit up with love-struck expressions when they saw her. Hope seemed oblivious to the attention. Colleen and Amy certainly noticed.
When we got back to the apartment, though, they pointed out that I had been equally oblivious to young women who "practically swooned when they saw you coming." I thought they were just kidding—giving me a hard time. After they had brought it up, though, I would notice over the next couple of weeks that these girls I had thought of as friends had more than friendly interest in me.
We cooked dinner and could no
