It took three years for our relationship to really develop to a physical level to where we were comfortable with kissing each other. In the time we ha... taken to calling each other at 11 or 12 o’clock at night and just talking until we fell asleep. Our conversations were mostly harmless for the first few months and then we discovered our naughty side. They started out simply with me asking her what kind of panties she was wearing or what color her bra was at the time, and eventually progressed. The thing is, this little episode didn't go as expected. Just as I wasstarting to wish I had planned ahead far enough to bring some Kleenex,the TV spurted before I did. Only it spurted in the form of a blue-whitelighning bolt that snaked out of the screen in slow motion and smacked mesquare in the chest.Intermission time.By the time I woke up, Cady Heron had gone from social outcast to queenof the "plastics." Judging from what was happening on the screen, I'dbeen out for several minutes. I. “My apologies, but I carry a great lethargy, young Bess,” continued Kate, regaining her self control. “‘tis the sum total of much pain and loneliness. For many hundreds of years I have stood apart from humanity and watched it struggle. For all of those many years I have helplessly observed, an indifferent sentinel, neither helping nor hindering. Now, I shall rejoin history and play my part in it. I have had a rich, full life. I regret nothing.”Bess strove to understand what Kate had said.. Six years married and we were still acting like newly weds.The party turned out to be just what I had expected. Almost all of the people there were Char's age and at least half of them had gone to school with her and Stacey. A lot of them she hadn't seen in years and it was like old home week for her. I took a beer and moved into the background and let Char get reacquainted with old friends.I watched her drink and dance with her old friends for a while and then I gravitated toward a small group.