Achank she di be mere sr pe hlke she mara or mne jht she apna phone rjai k and dal liyaDi boli kya dekh rha tha yeMne kha much nhi di aap so jao m nhi...so rha hu bdi mind as rhi hDi boli bta de mughe sb pta h jo tu dekh rha tha pchle 15-20min se m tughe dekh rha thiM bola much nhi h pls so jaoDi be achank se meri rjai utar di or ab m in ke same nga pda thaDi boli ye kya h kya kr rha tha tu ye. M bola much nhi di myth mar rha thaDi ne niche se 1chpl uthai or mere sr pe mari or boli tha teri bhn. I mostly succeeded.“Rachel,” she answered. I nodded, thinking. I had been dating Rachel rather seriously until recently. For some reason, I just couldn’t let Rachel into the dark places inside of me, and she could feel the wall between us. Rachel would never have been able to accept the part of me that slept in the darkness though. Her world view didn’t allow for such darkness to exist in the people around her.“And now?” I prompted.“And now, we talk. And hopefully, you agree to my plan,” Anna. I popped us some popcorn. As I waited for it to finish I got a text from one of my roommates saying he wouldn’t be back tonight because he was going to a party and would stay there the night. When I sat down next to my best friend I got another text, this time from my other roommate saying that he had a hot date and would be spending the night at her place tonight. This meant the entire dorm room would be just me that night. Elizabeth and I just sat there on the couch, my arm holding her close. Jimbo, Carl, my stepfather piped in, Do you really want to watch your brothers? He didnt insert himself into my disputes with my mother often, but when he did, I had learned to listen and think about what he said. But the two of us were both trying our best to get along, after wed fought it out hard and dirty for over a year. He had pinched me painfully hard under my upper arms or spanked me with his belt so often that, thick as my skull was, I had learned to listen to him. I thought about it,.