Nadine's friendliness was more a by-product of her friendship with Lisa than any real warmth for me, so I always overlooked the bitchiness that occasi...nally found me as its target. I didn't want anyone at Eileens mad at me and I especially didn't want to give Lisa another reason for fighting."Oh, my god, you're gorgeous!" she said excitedly when we both reached the front door. "And you move as if you'd been that way all your life, girl." She continued to look me up and down. Finally she grinned. IT wasnt long before he came and sat next to me and we started talking. After some time he slid a hand on my bare thighs. (i was wearing short skirt as usual which comes all the way up when im seated ) He kissed me and i returned the kiss as i remembered that i was wasting my time here when i cld be out there fucking the guy i was going to go out with.but then i remembered lilly and pulled away Although i was Very horny.As we were sitting there watching TV lilly called up to say she wont be. Says we ARE married. De facto. Promised each other." She's fourteen, Dave." Papers say eighteen. Who's gonna say different? She's certainly in the range for the physical characteristics..." I know," Pat acknowledged. "She says 'marriage'?"I smiled, thinking of the serious look on her face when she told me, 'I have arranged my OWN marriage.' "Yeah, her idea. I'm all for it. What a partner." You're not suffering from some weird 'hero' syndrome, are you, Dave?" No. I don't think so. You don't know. To have a destiny meant not having control, and control was something Michael always had, be it control over his classmates, making sure that those he liked did well or stayed out of trouble. Or his parents whom he helped by keeping his true nature a secret. Or the stranger on the bus who needed to get off at the stop near the women’s shelter and not the one near her home. Michael would always know the right thing to say at just the right time, to further his own needs yes, but more often than.