<span style="font-weight: bold">Blake Doakes</span><br/><br/>It never escaped Blake that people tended to walk on eggshells around him. Rebecca wasn't the only one who didn't know how to always act around him. His ex girlfriend hadn't known. She had no problems with him serving but when he returned home broken, she couldn't handle it. She left him and, to this day, his mother still wanted to beat her ass.<br/><br/>The idea of his mother beating anyone's ass made him want to laugh. His mother was just about the nicest woman in the world, until you hurt one of her kids. Oh well, he was probably better off without Kasey. People were supposed to love for better or worse and Kasey proved she couldn't handle the worse. Still, it was nice that Becca didn't treat him like a child. Something, obviously, his mother did.<br/><br/>"Okay."<br/><br/>Blake said, wondering what kind of offer Becca had for him. He knew she wasn't interested in him 'that way'. They were friends but neither had any romantic interest in the other. Honestly, he wondered if she even liked men. If she was a lesbian, he didn't care. He didn't have a problem with gay people and wasn't going to ask such a personal question anyway. He just knew whatever her offer was, she didn't want to have sex with him.<br/><br/>Blake raised an eyebrow at her.<br/><br/>"So you just want me for my money?"<br/><br/>He meant it as a joke but wondering if she realized it.<br/><br/>"Just kidding."<br/><br/>He quickly added and took the ad from her. She had a point, it would be nice be out of his parents' home again. He loved his parents and would forever be grateful for what they did for him, but he was twenty five years old. He was an adult, he didn't want to be the guy who lived at home still. Especially not when he attempted to date again. Most girls his age weren't interested in guys who still lived with Mommy and Daddy. Dating? Who was he kidding? No girl would be interested in him. Not with all his problems.<br/><br/>"It sounds pretty good to me. But do you think the two of us could afford this place or are we going to have to look for a third roommate?"<br/><br/>It was a three bedroom place. It would be cheaper on them to get another person in to split the cost.