I walked out, shutting his door behind me.Mike lay awake playing something on his IPod Touch in the room across the hall. I had always felt love for h...m as well, but we were much closer in age; this love was very much a brotherly love type of deal. For this, he would hate me for a few years; but I hoped that one day his mind would open up and he would understand that difference is rarely a bad thing. I pulled my head out of his room before he noticed me and began to try to engage in. We were headed to the side of one of those wings; more specifically, to the stairs leading up to the side entrance. They were wide, roomy and completely hidden from the street and the neighboring parking lot and houses. We weren't going there to get into trouble, we were just going there for the privacy, a space that seemed to be your own just to hang out, relax and talk.When we got there, Amy parked herself on the middle of the center stair. Like a moth draw to a flame, my four friends all. You see them sitting in the cafés, sipping at a cup of coffee for hours, or on the numerous benches spread throughout the centre.If one is reasonably dressed and presentable, it's easy to start up a conversation. I never ask their full names or ever give mine. Usually I only meet them once then move on to other pastures.Almost all of these ladies are well dressed and only want company and someone to listen to them. All are alone, ignored by their families except maybe meeting them once a year,. “The way Claudia and Allison look so much alike and she also resembling you Dan, and not to slight my sister’s memory, but to me, Allison is your daughter as surely as if Claudia gave birth to her.”Claudia was beyond words. She couldn’t control her emotion any longer and broke down sobbing.“Oh my god, Allen, I don’t know what to say, I’m beyond words.” Dan slowly shook his head, totally stunned by Allen’s blunt and honest comment.“Just love her to pieces and keep her safe.”“You bet we will! I.