Her father then recited a long listing of ‘heinous and pardonable offensives’, the most shocking charge being that she conducted herself ‘disgra...efully on the Fields of Love’ and had ‘willfully, repeatedly and with deliberate malice’ caused emotional hurt upon others, especially to the man that she claimed to love. This was the first that I had heard that she had admitted to her family that she in fact did love me. This was starting to get interesting. In short, a total of sixteen ‘charges’. “It was good. Lauren and Kevin seem made for each other.”Kelly laughed. “Yeah, she’s had a crush on him for ages.”“He’s been crushing on her for ages too but never had the guts to ask her out.”“What about you and Lisa? I know the two of you were only there because of her mom but...”I shrugged. “It was fine. We left them in the car for a while and went for a walk. We talked and stuff. It was nice.”“And stuff?” She was grinning.“You’ve already spoken to her haven’t you?”She arched an eyebrow and. What about 8 tonight, your time..." Oh, you're in class. Hmmm, that's inconvenient. Uh, OK, 8 tonight. But there's no way of knowing for sure if you'll show up. Damn!" (But hmmm, if she's in class, maybe I should calm down so she can concentrate... )"That would be nice."His thoughts did become calmer and less intrusive, and she was able to pay attention at least some of the time for the rest of the class.At 11, Lisa had finished her bedtime routine. She lay in bed and concentrated, then. But here I am… Two of her best friends had come over to her just a few minutes before and asked if she wanted to try it. She said no, of course, but her friends wouldn’t take that for an answer. ‘Come on Meghan, you’ll love it.’ ‘What’s your problem anyways?’ ‘Are you afraid?’ ‘There’s nothing to be afraid of, no one gets hurt.’ Not yet, she had thought. But she had let herself become convinced, which wasn’t surprising. Her parents had often commented that she needed to be more assertive and.