.. If I could walk away ... I could go anywhere. Do anything. I could put my failure behind me and move on. Maybe. If I could stop crying. All I had t... do was pick up the phone.So I did."Where you going?" Dana was sitting in the kitchen the next morning, nursing Steven at her breast."Oh." I blinked at her and it was very early, the sky still dark but turning grey. I'd wanted to slip out, like a ghost."Utah," I nodded. "I'm gonna go see Josh. Surprise him." That'll be good," she smiled and Dana. Kichen e cup, plate er tung tang shobdo ashlo rajur kane. Maa shokal er nashtakorchen. Unar o office ache. Protidin shokal e uni nashta banan. Nije nashta korerajur jonno nashta table e rekhe office e jan.ki ghum vanglo tomar?Raju dekhlo maa ghore dhukeche. Moyla kapor gulo ghorer konay rakha basket erakhte rakhte maa abar o bole uthlentomar na ajke class ache. Taratari nashta kore nao. Nashta ready. Bole chole gelenabar kichen eraju bichana theke uthte giye lokhkho korlo je bichanar je pash ta. . ... and into the gauntlet. Interesting thing was, I wasn't the immediate center of attention. Jeness was there, and she was naked. I should point out that Jeness and I hate each other's guts. It started last year, over a boy who didn't actually want either one of us. I was over it. Jeness wasn't. She still thinks that if it hadn't been for me ... No, I don't think it's even about the boy anymore. I think she just hates me because she hates me.I hate her because she's always trying to make my. This time, there was no suppressing it.Dani smiled and said, “I had my suspicions, but I wasn’t sure. Have you taken the first step yet?”Melissa found her voice to answer, “I’m not sure what you mean.”The blonde continued to caress Melissa’s shoulder and said, “Well, asking someone out, or going on a date. I think the real first step is a kiss, though. That’s when I knew for sure it was the life I was meant to lead.”Her heart racing from the closeness, the touch, Dani’s perfume, and the young.