Addison woke up, ready to take on the day. She sat on the side of her bed beside Nathan and watched him sleep. She rubbed his arm lightly. Nathan stirred, opened his eyes and smiled at her.

“Good morning sleepyhead.” She said. Nathan proceeded to sit up.

“Are you headin' out now?” He asked her. She nodded. “Why didn't you wake me sooner?” He asked her.

“Because I know you have the day off today so I figured I'd let you sleep in.” She told him. “I'm going in early so I can talk to the Dean about Kyle.” She explained.

“I can get dressed and come with if you want.” He told her as he tried to push the sheets back and let himself out of bed. Addison grabbed the sheets and pushed them back on top of him.

“It's alright Nathan. I'll be fine. If there's anything, I'll let you know.” She told him. She gave him a hard kiss on the lips, paused to look into his eyes and smiled. “I'll be back as soon as I can.”

“I'll be waiting.” He told her. “And Addie?” He said as he got out of bed and walked to her. Addison turned around and waited for him. He grabbed her with one hand around the waist, the other cradling the back of her head and kissed her even harder as she let out a soft moan in his mouth. “I love you.” He told her. She gave him a large smile.

“I love you too.” She kissed him again and left the house.

“Miss Parker, the Dean will see you now.” She heard the young lady at the front desk call her. Addison got up and followed her into the office. A woman with salt and pepper hair greeted her with a firm handshake and gestured for her to sit down.

“Miss Parker. Welcome to Stanford!” She told her. “I hope that you've managed to start feeling at home by now.” She studied her. Addison nodded. “Now! What is it that you've requested to speak to me about?”

“I'm having issues with a classmate for my lab.” Addison began.

“Shouldn't issues like these be taken up with your assigned professor?” The Dean asked her and started getting up.

“Ma'am.” Addison implored. “It's slightly more complicated than that. This classmate has made an advance toward me of a sexual nature which resulted in my having to forcefully push him away. I no longer feel like I can be alone with him without further advances on his part.”

“Miss Parker, these allegations are severe ones.” She told Addison.

“I'm aware of that Ma'am and trust me, I wouldn't be here if I didn't consider it a threat to my well-being.” Addison explained.

“I'm aware of your background, Miss Parker and the reason behind your transfer. I would recommend to speak with your professor and see what can be done. If you encounter some resistance, please come back to me and I will be there to back you up.” The Dean assured her.

“Thank you Ma'am.” Addison told her. Addison was walked out of the office. She decided to go see her lab professor prior to her first class of the day. Week two and she still despised her long Wednesday's. I suspect it's not about to get better. She told herself.

Addison's lab professor told her he'd look into things and see if anything could be done. She told him that she'd rather do her labs completely by herself if he couldn't reassign her to work with someone else. So there she sat in her last class of the day. She could feel herself being watched. She turned around to find Kyle's eyes on her. She observed his smirk. You're just so sure of yourself, aren't you? She asked him with her eyes. He really doesn't know what's coming for him. Pompous asshole! She wished she was able to just scream it at him. As soon as class ended, she'd get to her car and drive off and she'd be fine.

“Going somewhere?” Addison heard behind her. She turned to see Kyle walking up to her in the parking lot. “So Professor Graham wanted to see me in his office earlier today.” He explained. His face showed tension and his eyes registered anger. “It doesn't matter if we aren't partners Ads...”

“I told you, it's Addison!” She told him sternly.

“You'll give in some day.” He barricaded her between his arms on her car and held his face inches from hers. She could feel his breath. A sense of panic was starting to build inside of her. Suddenly, someone she never expected came along.

“Addie? Is everything alright?” It was Kurt. Kyle immediately backed up. “Is this guy bothering you?”

“You need a ride?” Addison asked him, trying to remain calm and showing him no sign of Kyle's effects on her but nonetheless avoided answering his question.

“Sounds good to me.” Kurt answered and walked by Kyle who backed away slightly and got in the car. Addison walked around to the driver's side and got in herself. She started the car and sped off.

“Do you mind telling me what that was all about?” Kurt asked her.

“Never mind Kurt.” She told him. “And I'd appreciate it if you didn't talk to Nate about it either.”

“Why shouldn't I tell him?” He asked her. “It's a good thing I stuck around campus.”

“Did Nate put you up to this?” Addison asked. Kurt didn't answer. “Kurt? Did Nathan put you up to this?” She asked again. Kurt nodded.

“He's worried Addie. I've never seen him like this before.” Kurt told her. “Have you done anything to keep this guy away?”

“The first was yesterday so I left home early today to try and get the Dean and one of my professors to see things my way.” She explained and continued. “I assume this is what the Dean would call resistance. I guess it's back to her office tomorrow.”

“Don't you think you should call the cops?” Addison gave him a sarcastic laugh.

“I'm dating the cops or have you forgotten that?” She smiled as she kept looking ahead. “Kurt, there's nothing the police can do unless there's reasonable doubt for my safety.”

“What's your plan in all of this?” He asked her as they drove up the driveway.

“I'm done with running, Kurt. I'm tired of being afraid.” She told him. “It doesn't seem to matter where I end up, the scum of the earth finds me anyhow.” Nathan walked up to the car. He was sitting on Addison's front step when they drove up. “And Kurt?” Addison added. Kurt looked at her. “Thanks.”

“Anytime.” He told her. “Dude, you planning on coming home anytime soon?” He joked after he got out of the car.

“Dude, if I've got to pick between your drunken ass or this hot number, I pick Addie.” He joked as he hugged Addison from behind. Addison had to laugh. It felt great to feel the tension from her second brush with Kyle fade away.

“Hey, it's time to get our drink on, on Friday night.” He told Nathan. “And Addison, that means you too.”

“We'll see.” Nathan told him.

“Sounds like it could be fun.” Addison looked up at Nathan.