Eyes that looked at me with such longing. Despite what she was asking, it was I who was making her ask. She had absolutely no choice in the matter and...she didn’t even know it. She admitted to me in the living room that she didn’t know why she was doing this. Still, here she was offering herself to me. I wanted her. I wanted her so bad it was an ache in the pit of my stomach but I was stung with the realization that if not for my tampering she would never have come to me. ‘Kristel I…’ I didn’t. Both knees hurt when I tried to walk. I looked down to see that both of them were scraped up pretty well. Something I expected to see on someone Laurie's age, not myself. I checked my elbows. They weren't physically damaged but I could feel it when I tried to move them.Daddy sat me on the bench and I realized it was quiet now. As I hobbled off the field, the audience had given me a hand. I'd been concerned with getting off the court and the silence is what let me hear the applause. Beth came. “Huh? Uh, no. I’m going to stay outside a little longer.”“Ok, goodnight.”She didn’t say anything, so I turned around and walked back to the door. But the moment I touched the knob, I heard her. “Wait, M— uh...” I looked back at her. “It was fun playing badminton,” she said while looking away.I smiled. “Yeah, it was. Let’s pair up again next time.” Then I stepped inside and closed the door behind me.“Jesus, Neija did this to you?” Dr. Lawrence asked as he examined my arm.“Yeah, but it was my. Ek baar jab mere mama ke gher kuch kaam tha jiski wajah se sab pariwar or khandan sab wahi aaye hue the or meera bhi aayi hui thi ,mein toh use dekhte hi chodne ka plan banane lga ,jab raat hui toh usne mujhse kaha ki tu mujhe gher tak drop kr de or mene jyaada der na karte huye haa kr di,mene use apni gaadi per bertha kr or uske 8 saal ke bache ko gher tak drop kiya or kafi raat ho jaane ke wajah se usne mujhe wahi ruk jane ko kaha mein toh mann hi mann bahut kush ho gya, mosa jee toh kaam ke.