Reading the ending to Rae's story as it was written, Lauren had to smile silently to herself since it appealed to her ideal image of romance and undying love. She felt silly and slightly guilty about doubting Rae at all, and it was probably wrong to think that the story was anything more than that, but she still couldn't help but feel a certain measure of relief.<br/><br/>Lauren gave her own story to Rae when prompted to do so, then started packing up her things while Rae handed everything in. She'd actually forgotten all about the suspicions that her girlfriend had harbored about Mr. Simon, and in fact they'd gotten too caught up in their lust after Rae's little meeting with the teacher, so Lauren had never gotten around to asking how it went.<br/><br/>Without really giving it much thought, she'd kind of assumed that it hadn't amounted to anything, just as she'd predicted, but after overhearing what Rae said to him, she wasn't so sure anymore. Somewhat hesitantly, Lauren caught up to Rae and stood next to her, smiling shyly and particularly awkwardly at Mr. Simon because she didn't know what to say, which was unusual because she typically always had questions or comments for him at the end of class.<br/><br/>She just wanted Rae to hurry up and say that she didn't need anything so that they could get out of there and out of that awkwardness.