Since I'm fortunate enough to have been given this opportunity to speak with you all, let me be the eyes and mouth of those who have truly seen ignora...ce of the worst kind." She isn't going where I think she's going, is she?" I asked Evie in disbelief.Evie's smile told me that she knew exactly where Patti was headed."I'm about to tell you a story about two dear friends of mine, two of the finest members of our senior class. I won't embarrass them by mentioning their names, but many, if not. At least they mark her out from the crowd.’ You couldn’t argue with that. Delia, whose father apparently liked cookery and Norwich football club, was a different kettle of fish. She was about twenty years old with long, bleached hair, chewed gum and wore the shortest skirt I had ever seen. It was what my Dad would have called a pelmet but shorter. If she bent more than two degrees from the vertical her choice of underwear was clear to all. Her small chest was barely concealed by a halter-neck. " He replied.We were on Memorial Drive headed Wast, so we did a loop onto Memorial Drive East, took the Harvard Bridge across the Charles River and slipped onto the Mass Pike, I-90, at the Newbury Street on-ramp. I-90 was just our fastest route to one of the new Grav-car air corridors. With the artificial gravity features of these cars, you couldn't tell you were off the asphalt, the ride was that smooth and quiet. At least not until Riordan came over the intercom a few minutes later."Sir,. I smiled, and started to walk over to him. As I made my way towards him, a slim brunette bitch named Erika bounced over to him and slid her arms around his neck, drawing him into a passionate kiss. My heart dropped as she looked up and saw me, smiling nastily at me to let me know she had won.She sent a little wave my way to gloat, and let me know he had chosen her over me. He saw me too, and shrugged as if to say 'Meh.. You'll get over it.. No biggie..' . With tears in my eyes I spun around on.