BeforeI knew what I was doing, I reached out and gently touched her shoulder. 'Mademoiselle?' Sophiawoke with a start, her blue eyes wide, staring at...me and then back to myfingers resting on her shoulder. Guiltily, I took my hand away and smiled.'Your lesson, Mademoiselle?' Herfingers were trembling a little as Sophia removed her bonnet and placed iton the pianoforte. I sat on the stool and waited until she sat beside me,our bodies a respectable distance apart, but I noticed our dresses. You told me Steven doesn't like it anyway." That was true. My parents had bought us the bedroom set for a wedding present. They hadn't told us to go pick out something we liked, they'd just bought the set and had it delivered. We could handle that the pieces were ugly, but the bed had what they call Sleigh head and foot boards. Mom had been the instigator, and it didn't take a degree from Swami U to figure out that I was conceived in the sleigh bed they still had (At least I like to think I. Appozhuthu aval ennai paarkaamal vegamaaga veetirku sendru vital, eppozhuthum ennai paarthu sight adikum pen ippozhuthu sight adikaamale sendru vital. Ithu ellam enaku manathai pun padutha aarambithathu, iravu avalai paarthe aaga vendum endru veetin arugil irunthu paarthen. Eppozhuthum nindru paarkum idathil irunthu paarthen.Sariyaaga mani 10.30 aanathu appozhuthu hall vilaku erinthathu, appadi eriyum pozhuthu nathiya janelil nindru naan nindru kondu irupathai paarthaal. Enaku sirithu santhegam. "I stared out the window as we moved through theparking lot toward the exit."Are you okay?" Yeah, I'm fine." Do you want to grab some ice cream on the way home?" At The Factory?" My mother didn't offer ice cream atthe factory very often."Why not."We parked in the small public lot behind the Ice CreamFactory. It's a small local store that's only openduring the summer. As usual, there was a line out thedoor. I didn't see anyone give my legs any notice. Iguess they were focused on the ice cream..