She gave me her number and told me to call her if I ever needed someone to play tennis with. I genuinely smiled for the first time since my dad’s de...th and said goodbye. I was actually feeling good for a change.I went home and told my mom about how everything went. She was happy for me and I went off to bed feeling significantly better than I did when I woke up in the morning.A couple of days later I was feeling a little bored so I decided it was a good time to take Lauren up on her offer of a. I’ll be in for a couple of weeks to recover, then I’ll have the first round of chemotherapy to kill off anything they couldn’t cut out.”“Then you’ll be all right again?” Alison asked.“Then I’ll need a period of convalescence, so I’ll need a lot of help in the house from you three,” she replied, “can we depend on you?”All three of us agreed.She seemed to be satisfied with that, and the hugs we gave her, and the conversation turned to more mundane matters.“Are you two ready for school on. 3 hai aur pehle bhi hum touch kar chuke ek Dosre ko i know the feel of her fingers aur ab jo mere lips pe finger thi vo lambii lag rahi thi aur garam to kaafii thi khair garam to koi b ladki hosakti hai mai bhi khamush bhaita to ab nechay mere thies pe voo haath malneee lagi lund k paaas mujhe to kuch alag hii feeling horahi thi slim haath jaisa hota hai na vaisiaaa feel hora tha meri girlfriend k palm se fingers se uske touch se mai waaqif tha but yeh haath alag lag raha tha mai bola aaj alag. "Don't even think about it," I said, "or you'll find yourself out in the hall." He quieted down, but it didn't last long.When Beth came out of the shower the feline sympathy symphony started all over. She looked at the cat, knelt down, and petted him until he fell asleep. Then she turned out the light and climbed in next to me. After a couple of minutes I nudged her. "I'm having trouble getting to sleep, too."It worked.I woke up the next morning with a rumbling weight on my chest. I opened one.