• "You're so unappreciative!" she exclaimed from her throne of gifts. "We left early so you could get to work on time. I didn't even get to shower." the young man's eyes burned. I can't cry here, he thought. Not here. Not at school. He had been a full day with no sleep. His last twenty dollars was in his gas tank and he was certain he was failing. He blinked his eyes, hesitating to wish they could stay closed. His proffessor wrote something down. There goes my class participation grade. Texting in class would do that. "I just wanted to see you. You didn't have to leave without me."