Just lips. The kiss lasted at least a minute. ‘I never, uh, knew how nice that would be,’ I said. ‘Me either. First?’ Blushing, I said, ‘Ye...h, you?’ She blushed, too. ‘Mmmm,’ she nodded. ‘I liked it.’ ‘Me too. Gotta go.’ ‘Sure. See you tomorrow.’ I gave her a peck on the cheek, and we parted to go study. Over the next weeks, our kissing progressed. Two weeks later, as I was bringing her back from a movie, we sat in my car and kissed. I let my hands roam just a bit, and she moaned with. And Clifford's last name was mine, not the man who was responsible for him.For the next few weeks I was too busy to have time to think about the stunning surprise I had received. Stan and Muriel Ridgeway, my wonderful landlords and friends, could barely wait to start baby-sitting and let me get back to work. They had not had any children of their own and fell instantly in love with Cliff. When I came home one afternoon to hear Muriel murmuring to Cliff about how much granny loved him, tears. Her inclination was to let it ring over, but she saw the name 'Comstock' on the Caller ID and answered it.It was Theresa, and after the greetings, Theresa said "Lee, please don't think I went out after Roland. Honestly, we met accidentally at the mall, and, well, things just picked up from there. Besides, revenge would be a poor reason to pick a partner." Oh, I never thought that you did." Roland said the news, um, seemed to hit you rather hard," Theresa said gently."Oh, I don't think..." Lee. .. but I can’t complain too much about this ... seeing...” Matthew slowly lifted his casted arm from the sling material and then became a little choked up at the thought of his much more seriously hurt brother, Kollin.“We understand, Matthew,” Coach Feelt said as we all got up from our relaxed position and moved to give Matthew a hug or pat on the back. This was the first time, most of us had seen of him since his and Kollin’s motorcycle accident.After we moved back from him to give him his.