’ She leaned on me and kissed me directly, while her hand raced up my pant leg. I didn’t do anything at first, but I got into it after a second an... threw my hands across her back. The moved lower and lower until I got a feel of that nice ass she had, and she broke the kiss. ‘THAT is what you two compete for?’ I asked, shocked. ‘You kidding? That was the first step. And it’s EVERY girl here, not just us. Now, we’ve got a half an hour, we can either sit here talking, or Kristina can explain. It has a lock."I fished in the center drawer for the keys and locked the money in the drawer. I put a key on my ring and handed the other to Mom. Mom looked at me and said, "Next time you go to Lexington, buy a little safe and put it in the floor or wall. Between what I still have and all that you have, we need a place to put it."I pulled the Beretta out, put it on the desk, and began to walk out of the room. Mom said, "Are you going to leave a loaded gun lying around the house?" They sure. And Beckysaid she had just meant to tease because I looked so much like mybrother, only, and was friends with Kaezee, who they did all already knowabout. And Lisa had come and said she knew me real well and for a long time, andI was not only a girl but a girly-girl too much. And Zack said that hehad been talking to Coach Barker, the girls coach at the Jr-Hi, when Igot out of PE (which he only changed the coach to the girl's coach.), andthat he had got mad at me and was being an asshole with all. He had a dark complexion, expressive light brown eyes, and the most intoxicating smile I had ever seen. His black hair was very short because he was doing national service at the time. Our interaction was very brief before the two of them wandered off. I did not see Darian again for several months.Upon finishing his national service at the end of that year, Darian and Taryn spent six weeks of their summer vacation with her dad’s family in Italy. I did not return to college, and I started a job.