" You're just saying? You're just saying? You have been 'saying' for the last five hours! I am sick of listening to you talk constantly. Jesus! All I'... asking for is a little bit of peace and quiet."Laurel looked at Steve, mouth agape. "Fuck, Steve! You could have said something earlier! You don't have to take it out on me now!" How could I have told you earlier, damn it? I couldn't get a word in edgewise! I just wanted you to shut up but you wouldn't stop talking long enough for me to say. " I said into the phone."Good," my mother replied. "I thought I was going to have to addanother month." No mommy, five months are enough." I was taking to this punishmentlike a fish to water. "Let me talk to Jen"Jen Mom wants to talk to you." I said handing her the phone."Hello." Jen said into the phone. "Diamond Studs, OK. We should be homearound 7ish. Ok, Bye." We walked into the upper level of J.C. Penny,which is where the jewelry was located in the store. Jen browsed theselection for a. " Are you saying Celia let Eddie believe they were being sensible but she knew all along that they were going to do it?" That's precisely what I'm saying. We girls let you think you're leading us around by the short hairs but if we make up our minds to make something happen we know how to push a guy's buttons." How about coming over and pushing my buttons?" I asked, just to be playful. I knew it was impossible."I wish I could but we have to get ready to go back to school. See you Friday?"I told. Once he fed on my breast, right in the aureola, the pain adding fervor to the whole experience. And always the surging, throbbing wonder of the climactic minutes.After six months, he lingered one night. "My darling, you are very special to me, but I have been with you too long. I can feel you weakening." He had told me that it couldn't last forever, that eventually he would come less often. I began sobbing that moment, and he held me tenderly. I had given the matter some thought, and after.