" For what, and for what?" Well, thank you for not. You know. With Melanie." She took a breath. "And I'm sorry for overreacting in the first place-it'... true, I don't have any claim on you, and you should sleep with whoever you want. I'm sorry that I spied on you today. And I'm sorry I've been such a bitch." You're not a bitch," I protested."I realized something. After the other day. I was upset for a lot of reasons, but mostly because you let me down. Now, that's because I was holding you to an. “Oh god, please don’t Ben. You don’t love me” she cried in pain as she struggled in front of me.“I do, I do love you” I said as I span around and tried to kiss her.She turned her head away and sobbed even louder. “This is wrong Ben, please don’t do this”I pushed her backward across the clean bench behind us as she wept bitterly and struggled uselessly against me to get free. Finally she became exhausted from struggling so I pushed her skirt up past her hips and tore her panties from her. Afterwards, they lay side-by-side until they heard other girls in the hall.Annette promised to write, but never did.Forum is quiet for a moment."It's okay for girls to kiss, Miss Vanderpool." Maybe," I concede.Rosemary stays after school the next day to help me re-shelf books. When I go up the step-stool, Rosemary steadies me from behind. I can smell her April Dawn.She takes my hand to help me descend. "Miss Vanderpool?" Yes?" Annette should have written."With that, she goes to clear a lower. Halt." They eased to a stop. She checked her shotgun, and opened the door. Tommy, Cindy's son, was right behind her. "You stay here." She wished she could hope Top was wrong, but the sick feeling in her heart told her he was right."But my mom! Something could have happened." If it did, she would want you to stay here." She shut the door in his face, cutting off any protest.Sandy met her halfway. Behind her, the van wobbled as someone moved around inside. "Your boss was right," Sandy said, "she.