Hayley picked out all the photos of him. His hair was too messy, his clothes were too ugly, and the focus was not right. After a long time, she finally picked out a few that she was satisfied with.

"Let's buy a few photo frames tomorrow. You can put my photo next to yours." He requested without hesitation.

Hayley did not object, but she did not agree either.

She put the photos on the coffee table and leaned back on the sofa.

Juven's head leaned over, but she pushed it away.

She immediately used the wet puppy.

Eyes looked at her. "What's wrong?

Did I say something wrong? "

"You're too close to me. It's very hot."

It was only 20 degrees at night in Berkeley in September. There was no "too hot" problem, okay?

Juven did not know what was wrong. He thought for a long time. "What's wrong with you?"

"Do you want to go out to play?"

"No.

I'm here to see you. "

"I heard there's a party in the student dormitory. Let's go and take a look." She went into the bedroom again and changed into a pair of denim shorts and a printed silk camisole.

Juven had always found it hard to understand her habit of changing four to five sets of clothes a day. Maybe all girls were like this?

In comparison, his three sisters were no different from boys. They were carefree and did things carelessly. They were all tough girls who could run horses on their shoulders.

When Juven was 13 or 14 years old, he felt that he could only tolerate girls like his sisters. Those delicate girls were not his type at all. They were delicate and troublesome. He did not like girls who were too beautiful. Martha was very masculine. She had a candid personality and looked very masculine, with a round face and a big forehead. When they were dating, they had a lot of trouble. They would quarrel whenever they disagreed with each other. After that, they would reconcile and quarrel again because of his drinking.

But girls like Martha, he knew what she thought. It was easy to get along with her.

What about Hayley?

She was delicate and troublesome. She was also very beautiful. She would hit him with her small fists whenever they disagreed with each other. Although her strength was too weak, it was like scratching an itch.

It could be said that Hayley completely overturned his adolescent aesthetic standards. He never thought that he would fall in love with her.

"Didn't I give you a mobile phone?

Why didn't you bring it? "He remembered.

"It's too heavy to carry.

The textbooks I carry every day are already very heavy. "

"How are you going to school now?"

"Take the bus.

What?

Look at how stunned you are. Can't I take the bus? "

"Ah, no." She immediately denied it. "How far is the school?"

"Not very far, about four or five miles.

If I have one or two classes in the afternoon, I will walk back after school.

Let's go. "

Hayley had already put on her makeup for the ball: bluish purple eyeshadow with glitter, rose-purple lipstick, and blush.

This kind of heavy makeup didn't look like her.

He remembered the first time he saw her. She was dressed similarly. At that time, everyone thought that she was a fresh girl with dreams of becoming a star.

*

Juven had never been to a freshmen party in university.

Never thought about it.

There were so many fun parties in Hollywood that there was no need to look for excitement elsewhere.

Alcohol, music, drugs, girls, sex, screams, howls, and too many hormones.

When Hayley and Juven arrived, the party had already started for a while and quickly reached its climax: two girls stood on a long table, their wet tops sticking to their bodies as they danced wet. The surrounding boys and girls were whistling and cheering. There were girls everywhere who stripped down to their bras. It seemed that if they drank a little more, they wouldn't be far from being half naked.

For the two of them who had been tested for a long time, this was nothing.

Hayley took his hand. "Do you want to drink?"

"A little beer."

"Go and find some beer and get me a bottle too." She pulled him over and kissed him. "I'll go up and take a look."

They separated for a while. When Juven took two bottles of beer and went upstairs, he found that there were more people upstairs.

There were many rooms. It was a student dormitory for two people. Some of the doors were open, some were locked. He went through them one by one.

College students aren't any better.

He muttered.

They also drank a little too much and started to wander around. The boys rarely got drunk, but many girls got drunk.

He saw this kind of thing too many times and soon began to worry.

He walked from one end of the corridor to the other end before he saw Hayley.

Hayley was sitting by the window and talking to a girl. Both of them had cigarettes in their hands.

She didn't see him coming until he walked up to her.

"Hayley."

She reached out to him. He handed her a bottle of beer and another bottle of beer to the girl he didn't know.

The girl smiled. "Thank you."

She said to Hayley, "You didn't tell me he was so handsome. Now I can understand why you don't want to talk to anyone.

Can I? "

Hayley waved her hand as if to say, "Do as you like."

The girl smiled and handed the cigarette in her hand to Juven. Juven took the cigarette. Unexpectedly, the girl put her arm on his shoulder and tiptoed to kiss him.

He was shocked and quickly pushed her away. He looked at Hayley nervously.

He saw that Hayley was smiling and wasn't angry at all.

Rui Fan scratched his head in bewilderment.

The girl took the cigarette in his hand, took a deep breath, and then exhaled. Some smoke floated in front of him, and he dodged to the side.

The girl said something to Hayley in a foreign language and left with a smile.

"What — what did you say?" Juven touched his lips. "How could you let another girl kiss me!"

"Relax." Haley blew a puff of smoke at him.

He pretended to cough.

"Come, let's go down and dance."

They stayed in the living room downstairs for about an hour. They drank more than one bottle of beer and danced for a long time. In the end, they were all covered in sweat.

"It's too hot. If this goes on, I'll lose all my makeup."

"Then let's go." He pulled her out of the apartment building.

"I didn't expect Berkeley students to be so crazy!" He looked back at the three-story male apartment.

"Not everyone in Berkeley is Nerd."

"Do you often come to the parties here?"

"Why would I?

It's a Hollywood party. Everyone knows what the people who stay until the end want to do. It's a university party. "She pursed her lips." Do you know how many rape cases there are in American universities every year?

Even in Ivy League schools, there are countless rape cases every year. These happen on campus, not counting the rape cases that happen outside of campus. There are countless cases that choose to remain silent.

Berkeley reports 60 to 70 rape cases every year. Most of them occur during the start of the school year. "

Juven's eyes widened. "What?

What! "Hearing what she said, the campus was full of danger. There were men with bad intentions everywhere.

"If you didn't come, I wouldn't have attended this party. Those guys usually don't touch girls who have boyfriends." She sneered. "There's probably some tacit understanding between male creatures."

He began to worry. "Then what should we do?"

He knew very well what men were thinking. They were in heat all the time and didn't care about the environment. As long as there was a chance, they would definitely push down the woman they liked.

"I bought a condom and left it at home. I usually carry it in my bag."

"Then you have to be careful.

Don't come to these parties again. "He stepped on the motorcycle. Hayley stepped on the back seat and hugged his waist.

*

"I'm going to New York at the end of the month. Are you coming with me?"

"What's the date?"

"I'm arriving on the 27th.

Do you want to go to the premiere? "

"Idaho?"

"Yes."

They sat in the bathtub. Juven hugged her from behind and played with her fingers.

Her hands were beautiful. Her palms were not big or small, two sizes smaller than his. Her fingers were slender and delicate. Her nails were well-manicured and polished. They were painted with colorless nail polish and had a faint pink color. It was very cute.

"How about Friday?

I have classes on Friday morning, but it should be fine if I don't go.

You have to transfer to Venice and fly for so long. Is your panic attack acting up? "

"— No.

Ah, that's strange. It didn't act up. It's probably because I started to panic and thought of you quickly. That way, I'm not so scared anymore.

I put your photo in my wallet and looked at it for more than ten hours. I even fell asleep after that! "She was quite happy. It seemed that the flight was not so scary anymore.

"Is my photo that useful?"

"It's very useful!" She was very sure.

"I'll visit you next weekend. As long as I'm in Los Angeles, I'll try to visit you. Maybe it's not just the weekend."

"I have classes. I don't have time to accompany you."

"I'll send you to class.

Or, do you know how to ride a bike?

I'll go and buy a bike that suits you. "

"Okay, we'll go and see where they sell it tomorrow." A bike was not bad. She would treat it as a fitness exercise.

Although walking was one of the ways to keep fit, it was sometimes too late.

"I have work next month in San Francisco and Oakland. Then I have to go to New York.

San Francisco is closer to you. If I finish work early, I'll come and find you. "

"Oakland is not that far away. If it's a weekend, I can go and see you."

"I'll be so happy if you can come!" It was the kind of love that made him want to be with her every day.

He pinched her small earlobes. Both earlobes had two piercings. She did not wear one in her left ear. She wore a pair of very small diamond earrings on her right ear. They were about 10 points. They were thin, small, and shiny.

They went to the jewelry store together and she picked them herself. He thought that she would like jewelry like Helen. The bigger the stone, the better.