I got under the water with him, wrapped my arms around his body, and looked into his eyes. Chad looked right back at me, and we made that connection ...hat had always sent my blood pumping. Then we leaned in toward each other, and we started making out.In my earlier dreams, I’d had to use my imagination for how Chad’s lips might taste or his skin might smell. Now I knew those sensations so well that there was nothing left to speculate about. I instinctively knew just how, where, and when to. Now it is time for one last trial.” Abruptly I picked up the girl, who suddenly seemed small in my muscular arms, and threw her into the water with Krista. Krista quickly descended on Marina and put her into a submission hold. I eased myself into the pool and put my arms on the wall, three feet remaining between me and the bottom. Krista held the sable-haired teenager facing me, her face afraid of what came next. “If you can't figure this one out,” I drolled. “You deserve to drown.” Krista. She needs some stability in her life after all that. With my score I can’t help her. You have a spare slot now, unless you’ve picked someone else along with Miriam?”“No I haven’t.”“I can’t force you to take her, but please ... I’m begging you. I want to make sure she has a good sponsor, and Miriam will be a good mother for her. I want to do the best I can for Holly.”“I’ll have to talk to Miriam some more, and there are no guarantees. Pickups are random after all.”“Give it some serious thought. I certainly never had a girlfriend. Fuck, I never had sex. I just, ... well, you know, ... I help my self ... When I saw you, I so wanted to be you! ... But look at me, man ... How the fuck do I do that? You are more than twice the man I will ever be! ... Even the guys at the plant think so! ... I am nothing but a Dildo to them." He got angrier the longer he talked openly about his feelings. This was the longest coherent sentence I had ever heard him string together. "Hell, I wished I would.