i know i should have just moved out of that apartment , and transferred out of the professor 's class , but i was spoiled and frustrated , and ... '' she trailed off as she thought about past decisions . i look at him , my eyes narrow , and i growl . i do n't even care that my knuckles are bleeding . there was not much i could add to this , so i just listened . he was painting the fence around the laundry room the first time she saw him , scrubbing canoes the second . 