I laughed at the irony.After the fourth or fifth drink, our eye contact grew longer. We entered the earliest stages of foreplay.“Oh, you give massag...s?” I said. “Can you give me one?” Her touch was firm and skillful.“Oh, you work out?” she said. “Let me feel your muscles.” She reached out and grabbed my abs, which I flexed not a second too late.We were ready to leave two drinks ago. She took me to another bar, but it was too crowded. I couldn’t wait any longer, so I started kissing her neck in. Sport coat and tie is what most me wear. Pick you up at 7:30?” “Sounds good.” They arrived a little before 7:30. Lucy wore a spaghetti-strapped black dress which hugged her perfect body. I’ve always lusted for her, but Steve was my best friend, so there was no way I would ever act on my feelings. She hugged me and kissed me on the cheek. Steve followed with a bottle of wine. “I’ll get glasses,” I said. Steve looked me strangely as Lucy giggled. “This is for the party,” she said. “You ready?”. .. I was hoping ... Oh hell, take care, talk to you later.” was the message.Funny, I thought. We went from being so close, to an unsigned letter and a strained voice mail in a few months. Life changes so fast sometimes, you can’t keep up. That night I did a lot of thinking about Beth. As hard as it was to accept, it would be extremely difficult to be with Beth. I had no clue how the family would react, then I know Lance would be as difficult as he could be. Perhaps, this is for the best. I. Anna woke me up. She was on top of me with her face close to my mouth.Anna: Hey you!Me: Hey. What time is it?Anna: It’s afternoon.Me: What’s going on?Anna: You know. It’s Tuesday.Me: Yeah. I know. So what?Anna: So you were supposed to give me an answer by yesterday. And now with Chloe gone.Me: Oh right, I’m sorry. I’m sleepy.Anna: That’s ok, I have no idea where I am when I wake up. I didn’t mean to rush you. But you did say that you will make your decision and you are already one day late.Me:.