I should have said something that night but I never got you alone and I wasn’t confident to approach you with other people around. Luckily the first...barrier was now passed and it was easier to talk to you at the school or at the socials that we all enjoyed, we talked more often and seemed to enjoy each other’s company, laughing at our language differences and joking about our tastes in music and clothes. Music led us to exchanging addresses, I remember promising to send you the latest New Order. "God, who can I possibly ask, Leslie wondered. He glanced at Paula, wholooked as if he was wondering the same thing. Denise, on the other hand,showed no sign of trepidation; in fact, she looked rather excited at theprospect.Later, as they were standing in the entranceway, waiting for theirrespective rides, Leslie said, to Denise, "Who the heck can I ask to thisball? Geez, I hardly know any boys at all... at least, boys who don'twear dresses... I sure don't know anyone that I could even THINK. ‘I am going out for a smoke.’ I picked up my purse from between my feet. Attempted to hold the slightly too big sweater closer so it didn’t gap and show my cleavage. In my nervousness I pressed harder into Mike’s leg and accidently grazed the top of his thigh as I pushed away from the table. Beth was standing, waiting for me to slide out of the booth. Looking at Mike I mumbled, ‘Uh, sorry. I didn’t mean to bump you.’ God, my face was on fire. Mike smiled and leaned into my space. His mouth. “I hope not, but this is new ground to me. I’m quite well past the advanced placement curricula in our school. I have been doing some on-line studies. My husband thinks I’m deranged.”“And the other girl? Deena?”“Two years younger,” I grinned. “My husband’s daughter. MY evil stepchild. If I can do it, she can do it.”“That’s it!” Bren said. “We must stop Aneeta. She was sending them to us one at a time. Now she’s doubling up on us.” He looked at me, laughing. “I don’t suppose you’re going to.