I pulled my shirt off my arms and let it drop to the floor onto the doormat. Laura lifted her arms and hung them around my shoulders, and on cue I lif...ed her top up and over her head before kissing her again. Her hands ran all over my back while I slid mine up and down her sides, my thumbs caressing her stomach and moving up to the bottom of her white lingerie bra. Suddenly I felt a pang of guilt, and stopped for a second, pulling my lips reluctantly away for a moment. "We shouldn't be doing. After five minutes of jumping up and down with happiness, Sophie turned to Jenny and said "I did it. With Becky."Jenny couldn't believe what she had heard. Becky was Sophie's other bestfriend. A few years older than both of them, she was the only other person Sophie was really close to, and boy, was she attractive. Becky was one of two girls Jenny was "attracted" to, in a more physical manner, as in she'd have sex with them, but never date them. The other was Sophie, and to hear that the two of. Man, the guy just couldn’t stop. They paid their tab and I walked with them to the cigar place. Jeff decided he wanted to go inside and explain a few things to the unfortunate guy behind the counter. I said I’d rather stay where I was and just window shop. Then, like a fool, Jeff suggested/decided that Margaret should remain outside with me. I could have kissed him. Well, not really, but Jeff was turning into the gift that keeps on giving. Between the bar and the cigar shop there is a narrow. It would be so easy to slip back and their old contacts were still out there and would be so easy to find and hookup with. “So … how? I really, REALLY, don’t want to go back to that, mom. We deserve a safe life.”Irene mused, “A life with security, purpose, and stability.”Jade added on, “It doesn’t even have to be with extra money and things … but a roof and food …”“And belonging?” Jade looked at her mom and nodded. Irene gazed at her daughter, “If we had that, we could be happy?”Jade.