In time, I'd come to havehuge regrets about what I lost that January.*****What with all the 'drama' in my love life, I almost forgot to mentionthe oth...r big dramatic news of early 1999. Kath and I had been waitingimpatiently since the start of our senior year to find out the name ofthe spring musical theater production. There had been all kinds ofrumors going around the drama class since September, and good old Mr.Nelson just let everyone speculate. But none of us guessed correctly -he ended up. Even his soft ministration re-ignited her agony but far from making her angry or resentful this created in her an overwhelming sense of oneness. She felt closer to him now than at any time since their honeymoon. He undid the zip at the back of her bodice. She swivelled round in his lap ending up on her knees on the floor between his legs. Mutely she raised her arms in the air suffering him to lift the dress over her head off her otherwise naked body. For long seconds they were still then she. Aur patla bahut hai. Dusri baat Ravi jyada der kar nahi pata. Aur mai pyasi reh jati hoon.Vaise agar tum interest naa dikhate to shayad mai kabhi aage nahi badhati.: mai uske mulayam chikne badan ko chum raha tha. Uski chunchiyon ko masal raha tha. Ab maine use thoda peeche jhukaya aur uski chunchiyon ko jyada se jyada munh me lene ki koshish karne lag.. Aur dant bhi laga deta.. Wo cheekh padti.. Aaaaaahhh… jor se mat kato… nishan pad jayenge.. Ufffff.. Dheere… haann.. Achcha. Lag raha hai... .” I noticed her smiling. “And then I decided I wanted to go with you to the turn-about dance.”“And I screwed that up,” she chuckled and looked away.“No,” I sighed. “I’ve got a bad history of being impulsive. I stole my first kiss. And I jilled off my best friend without even asking her.”Sam’s eyes widened. “Wait. She just ... let you?”I chuckled at the absurdity of describing what happened with Bethany to my new potential girlfriend.“Neither one of us had gotten off before and we were both.