I was sure there was an internal battle going on within her, that tiny part of her that was intrigued, excited even about it all. Against the rest of ...er that thought about society about the misconceptions of what you are taught when growing up about how you should behave and act, just so you can conform to other people’s boring existence. As I knelt to put on her ankle chain, I took one last look at her, the old her and said a quick prayer to help in her guidance to be strong enough in. I'm sorry."He gave me a questioning look, "It's okay. What did you guys have to settle?"I straightened one leg, letting the drops of water run off of into the pool, making little ripples everywhere. "I don't even know what it was specifically." I do."My questioning look asked for an answer."It's all about Ben," he didn't look exactly happy about that. "You were with him, and you feel like she completely replaced you." That's not..." It is Sophie, I know. You were upset about that, and just had. And while Lauren may have omitted some of the intimate details, Nikki was able to piece together the parts to understand what had transpired that afternoon.“Did you enjoy it?”“God, yes”“Did it hurt at all”“No”“So what’s the problem? Tell yourself you were acting like in the film. Lauren, from what you’ve told me, I would like to have been you. Honestly.”“Really?”“Really.”Nikki took her hand. Lauren smiled, an enormous weight lifted from her shoulders.“Come on, regulation dress only. If I lie on. Brushing my long hair behind my back, I took Nikki's purse out of the bagI brought home from the hospital and found a black suede one that bettermatched my top and put it into it, then picked up my car keys to Nikki'scar. Eager to see her SAAB 93 silver convertible, I went downstairs tothe garage, Nikki's parents were still in bed, so no one saw me as I gotin and drove off. Waiting in front of the gate until it opened up, Iwaved to the security guard as I drove down the road until I.