My friends that had moved down with me ended up moving back due to lack of decent employment after about a year and a half, but I had made some friend... and was moving up at work, so I stayed. Then the job market really crashed and the company that I worked for went belly up after the owner embezzled millions of dollars and fled the country. I was out of work and miserable for about five months. I was applying everywhere, and could not find a job that paid what I needed and had opportunity for. Why didn't they just leave it to her? David groaned, as a fresh wave of bullets slammed into the concrete partition he crouched behind.The idea had been for Julia to take out the pilots and force the passengers out of the plane. A sniper's bullet, they had reasoned, might miss if they had waited for Kruschev to appear – better this way. Unfortunately Kruschev travelled with smart and effecient security. Instead of running out into the field of fire, after the pilots had been taken out, grenades. On top of which, a fish would be wet and slimy, whereas I was nice and dry. So, I imagined I had telepathy, and I beamed a warning to all the fishes about the dangers lurking in our dangling worms. This seemed to work, because neither Scarlett nor I got so much as a nibble all afternoon. Anyway, I was hungry for beef.Out of the blue, Scarlett broke the silence. "Are you a virgin?"This was an odd question for many reasons. First of all, I believe it's generally not usual for eighteen-year-old. .. to catch your attention." OK, Amanda. I'm all ears." I want to... Ohhhh, this is embarrassing!"I just waited, saying nothing. She looked at my face, and seeing my serious expression she blurted:"I want to be with you." What do you mean, Amanda? You are with me even at this minute."She lowered her head and whispered: "I want you to make love to me. I want you to be my first..."I looked surprised. "Why is that, Amanda? After all I'm nearly 20 years older than you. Why not a boy, let's say, 15.