The girls then changed the subject to a discussion about their husbandsand boyfriends.Brandon realized that their intimate discussions were intended t...humiliate him, but Brandon did not want to give them the satisfaction.He began to offer his advice to the girls about how to deal with themen in their lives, which was promptly dismissed off hand.Despite this, Brandon kept offering his opinion before Christianaasked, "What are you?" I'm a just a ditzy girl," Brandon replied in an higher voice. I had not applied for a scholarship as I did not want to deprive someone else who might need it more.Ginny was still working hard as was Sylvia since they both had chances of being Valedictorian. I was working hard too and knew I would not be far behind them. With the exams and the prom looming ever nearer, I hired a limousine for the occasion and we invited Jim and Penny along with Jake and Sylvia to join us. It was arranged that they would be picked up by us and that we would share a table.. I went directly to him.Liam had to odd look on his face as I approached. “Where have you been?” he asked rather brusquely. This caught me off guard and I stammered, “I just went for a walk with Tom…er, Mr. Brady. He asked so…”“What’s that on your face?” My hand flew up and I’m sure the look of surprise on my face gave me away.“Did you and my boss have sex in the garden?” he demanded.I burst into tears. Sobbing, I blabbered “No! Well, yes…It’s not what you’re thinking. Oh!” More crying. “We were. I almost bit my tongue off to keep from asking her to be wifey number five when she said that. I didn’t doubt she meant what she said even a little bit, because she was looking at me the way Rosalinda looked at Pedro Diaz. I managed to choke down the proposal that was on the tip of my tongue and asked her a question instead.“I have feelings for you too, Belle, but isn’t this kind of sudden? We’ve only known each other a couple of weeks. Falling in love is easy. It’s staying in love that takes.