Alexandria Stanton waited anxiously for the cab she called half an hour ago, to pick her up outside the 2-story apartment building she shared with her mother.  She checked her watch for the umpteenth time and blew out an exasperated breath.  She didn't want to be late, this was too important and she wanted to make a good first impression on the professor.<br/><br/>Her mother had argued against her decision to move across town to accept the position of a household maid to one of the university's most eligible bachelors, yet as her school expenses steadily increased each semester- it was either this or drop out.  Alex was the only person in her family, ever, to attend college and she was determined to do whatever she had to do to graduate.<br/><br/>As she stood and began to pace, a group of workmen currently working on a busted water line next door, whistled and shouted obscenities as they eyed her petite, curvy figure. She rolled her midnight blue eyes and turned her sandy blond head away as she sat back down on the front steps.<br/>Irritated and tired of waiting, she was about to give up and start walking, when she saw the familiar yellow and black checkered car turn the corner-<em>"Finally"</em>she sighed, then grabbed her bags and approached the curb......