He can't go through with it.

Her eyes, her body, the whole situation only reminded me of Talia. Suddenly, it didn't matter that this, me with another woman, was what Talia had wanted. It felt off, the whole thing. Plus, there was Elizabeth. I hadn't known that she was still betting on me, even when Talia was betting on herself. My mind was made up. It would be better to go to the hotel alone, or with Elizabeth, and focus on the women I already had feelings for.

"Anette, you are an amazing woman, and extraordinarily attractive..."

"But, you do now want to make a relationship vit a woman who vill be leaving sooner, eh? I understand. Many boys have said the same to me while I have been in US. There is cute boy in my host family, older. He vill be in for the joy of his lifetime."

She pulled me in for one, last, long kiss, and left to rejoin her friends. I did the same.

All the couples looked pretty content, as I hadn't been gone long, though Amy looked as if she needed to get laid right that instant, and I had to tap Talia on the shoulder to get her to stop making out with Rachel. "Well, how'd it go?"