Maria's relationship with Blake was kept sober, during the rest of the week, so as not to go too fast –and not to draw attention. They were slowly getting to know each other... nothing too personal, more about the likes and dislikes of each other. They had two things in common: they could both go mad for strawberries and they both despised lies and hated hypocrites with passion. Maria should be feeling nervous about the date, yet currently she was only low on self-esteem. 'Let's just hope he'll like the dress,' she mused as she looked at herself in the mirror. Hell, she should have been anxious about the whole thing. She was after all dating her teacher; but it was not that big of a deal to her for they were both adults technically. The school policy was the only thing that could keep t

