'Great, i will walk home with you to get your clothes for the weekend. After all your Mum doesnt like you wondering the streets at 4 PM after your bed...time on your own.' Max joked, getting me back from the joke i said beforehand.So the final school bell of the week rang at 3:15 and all the kids rushed out of class to get home as quickly as they could. I was soon becoming surrounded by other kids as i was waiting in the area me and Max said that we would meet up at it the end of the day.'Hey' i. ”She giggled again, “No, silly, our parents. You know, what you and Russ talked about.”“Ahh, that plan. So, what is it?”“Not going to tell you. Not till I talk to my mom. Get an idea if it’s something they want.”“And if it is?”“Then I told you, I have a plan.”“And you’re not gonna tell me, are you?”She shook her head, “Nope, nada, nyet. You got any more words for ‘no’?”I gave that line of questioning up. “You hear any more from Tanya, how the last couple days of her photo-shoot have. Part of me just wanted to sit and cry, but I knew that I needed to fight through that. There would be plenty of time for that later.I was thinking about taking the kids out to dinner that night. Before they arrived home, a few ladies from our church showed up with food."Hi Rob. I hope you don't mind. We've arranged for us to have food delivered to your family for this week. That way, you don't have to worry about that." Thanks ladies. That means quite a bit from all of us. I know I'm struggling. We broke up, and she found a boyfriend. I found someone else, right around when she ended her's. It was a frustrating cycle that left us as great friends, with high sexual tension, without a way to act on it. By the end of the school year, we were basically best friends, and both in relationships that were getting long term, but also kind of unhealthy. Unfortunately, it led to a night that I'm not very proud of. While we were both in these relationships that were heading south, we hung out.