Scanning the swings and the monkey bars, she realized that she couldn't see his little blonde head anywhere."Fitz!" she stood up and called, walking a...ound the little playground. He wasn't there. She started to panic now. "Fitz!" she ran over to the parking lot, glancing between the cars. "Fitz!" she screamed again."Mommy," Heidi's heart lurched as she heard her son's voice. A wave of relief hit her as she turned in the direction it came from. Panic hit again though, just as quickly as it had. So you keep your chin up. OK?”Liz wiped her eyes again as they left.“Thank you,” she whispered. I thought she was talking to them until she turned and kissed me.“I didn’t do anything,” I said. “They looked at the facts and made their own decision. I can’t push people one way or the other. I’m too close to you for me to be objective.”Liz pulled my face down until our lips met again. She smelled of sweat mixed with her body lotion and her lips were salty with sweat and her tears. I held her until. It was my firstday of college. I walked into history class, and there shesat on the front row. She had long blond hair and blueeyes. She was wearing black T-shirt and shorts which showedoff her awesome legs. It wasn't love at first sight, but assoon as she looked at me and smiled, my heart was hers.Serendipitously, the seat directly adjacent to hers wasvacant. When class began, we did the perfunctoryintroductions. It was then that I found out her name wasRebbeca. The professor announced that. I love you, Jacob. I’m completely in agreement with you there. But that is why Joan and Desi and Beca are so important for us. They are like glue that can hold us together.”“But they want—or at least Joan and Desi want—sex. I think Beca is only interested in Joan.”“And me.” I looked at her with my eyes wide open. Beca was interested in Rachel? “But think about it. We’re different ages. Joan has one more year and then she’s off to National Service. I have two more years. You and Beca and Desi.