Peg would hugand kiss me when we were alone and not getting a lot of physicalaffection at home I responded in kind. My relationship with myparents bec...me more distant but caught up in their busy lives withtwo young brats to look after they never noticed.Peg’s husband began to spend more time away from home and theirmarriage seemed to have drifted to a marriage of convenience. Pegshowered her affection on me as a result. I knew she wasn’t my mombut she was the person I was closest to. " I got up and wandered around the sunny room. When I came to where Will was sitting, I sat on his lap."Will, I realized I miss you. I came looking for you because I want to be alone with you today, just the two of us."We kissed for a moment or two. Will held me close. After a moment, his hand slipped under my sweater and caressed my back."I love to feel your hand on my back. Am I too heavy?" No. I feel it, too. It's wonderful being with you and loving you in the study group, you know. And. I think that’s what you want, and since you won’t think of me that way, it’s what I need to do. ‘If that means that my boyfriend, whoever he might be, doesn’t want me to spend time with you like that, then that’s the way it will have to be.’ As she was talking, an errant beam of sunlight reflected off a wall fixture and caught Denise’s hair, lighting it up bright red. Stan was transfixed. He tore his mind back to what Denise had been saying… ‘So this means we’ll still be friends, yes?’ Denise. It was her first year in college and first time away from home for a considerable amount of time. She had made a few friends in her dorm that constantly tell her about how much fun they had on the beach. Coming from the mid west she had never been to a beach other than the shore of a lake. Having a day off from classes, she thought it was the perfect time to go shopping. Catching a bus into the city Sam went to a women's clothing store. After being distracted by the new fashions on display she.