By Friday I was strong and steady enough to start school the following week. I had decided to see how things went, finish my therapy, and go back to h...gh school at least, then see what I wanted to do. No reason to be ignorant, and frankly, the thought of staying ignorant soured my stomach. It would be the ultimate weakness. Besides, I had looked forward to eventually graduating from college and making something of myself, maybe even going into the Army. The accident had wiped that idea out, but. I haven’t played in that formation since I was... 10, maybe.”“Oh,” Katie interrupted, “back in the dark ages.”There was some chuckling and snickering.I looked at Katie and Shameka standing together and grinned at them. Shameka continued.“That’s quite an offense-focused formation, at least when run well.”“As I expected, Shameka is right on all points. After I started looking into it online, I remembered playing it as a kid. I’ve never coached that age group, so I’ve never used it. We’re going to. Interaction with the male sex,outside of their immediate family members, is strictly limited. Whatthen of the Free Woman who has a strong and healthy sex drive and iskeen to be fulfilled? She might be brazen enough to call attention toherself in some way, but nearly all such approaches are consideredimproper. As a Free Woman she is supposed to be chaste, virginal,frigid. Showing an interest in a man is frowned upon, most especially byother Free Women who are under the spell of peer pressure. It. I didn't know what; death was so foreign and unknown to me I had never considered it before.I warmed my coffee, sat down and asked Emily, "How can something like that happen?" The combination of whiskey and pills slowed her breathing while she slept," Emily replied, "and her lungs couldn't keep up. They filled with water from her body and..."Five little pills, I thought. What a fucking miserable way to die. My mind filled with confusing and contradictory thoughts, and not one of them made me.