One day at Kimmy’s house they were on the couch watching a thriller that had a love scene between two women. Their eyes met, and next thing they kne... they were kissing. One thing led to another and they ended up in bed together, and discovered that they could make each other feel very good — much better than their boyfriends had.For their senior year they had pledged to have sex only with each other and avoid boy trouble altogether. They were both straight-A students with big plans, and knew. You’ve managed it with Jennifer. And me, to an extent.”“Love had a lot to do with that. I betrayed you and you got over it.”“Yes, and I think for the same reason. I loved you then and I love you now. I just wish I’d been strong enough to either say ‘no’ to Joyce or to deal with what happened without leaving you.”“What happened, happened,” I said. “Don’t dwell on it. We have a fresh start because you were strong enough to set up the Christmas Eve stuff with Melanie.”“Is it really a fresh start?”. Zum Beispiel trug sie heute einen schlichten roten Pullover und blaue Jeans, ohne Schmuck oder den Versuch, sich attraktiv zu machen. Im Hinterkopf hoffte sie immer wieder, ein hübscher, beliebter Junge würde plötzlich entscheiden, dass er sie liebte, und sie auf eine keusch romantische Weise von den Füßen fegen, aber es passierte nie. Sie verbrachte ihre Tage meistens allein und ihre Nächte sehr allein, ohne sich dem Vergnügen hinzugeben. Eines Tages, dachte sie, würde sich alles ändern.Es war. . don’t ever dress like that, do you?”“Hell no. I would if I had her body, though. Hey, guess what! You get off those crutches and when we go out in two weeks, you’ll be the first guy to see my legs in a year. I have such a cute dress. By the way, it’s navy blue so white or pink would be the best colors.”“Colors?”“For the flower you get me!”“Oh, yeah! Of course! I was just imagining you in a navy blue dress. I can’t wait.”I spent another weekend catching up on classes. The one thing different.