Ted and Amber, and Mark and Stephanie were lovers, plain and simple. Their relationships got deeper and deeper, both physically and emotionally.Anothe... thing that changed was how much time everyone spent together. Since the girls' schools weren't a great distance apart, they began attending as many of each others' sporting events as possible, always with their dads along, at least until the girls started driving. And the sleepovers they had together increased dramatically. Few weekends went by. Josie pecked my cheek and Cindys yelled bye and sorry and started home. Where you going Josie? I asked. Home. She replied. Will you ride with us? Please? I asked. Sure. She said As we were driving home we were our usual giggly selves. When we got home I helped Josie pack. While we packed I told her what happened. She kept giving me this look. But before she could say anything her mom honked. She told me bye and that she call me so we could talk about it more and hopped in her moms car and. ’ Giving a dry smile Psyche said, ‘My hands are colored by the blood of my mother’s and my lover’s. and I can atone for only one or at least die trying.’ Unable to sit still Melissa began to stride around the room back and forth and then stopped and looked at Psyche and said in a rather loud voice ‘The task really cannot be accomplished. We better go down to the kitchen and take stock of the situation.’ Psyche nodded and heavily pulled herself out of the chair, feeling like a deflated balloon.. For what it's worth, that was the beginning of the end of Kimand I. We split up just after Thanksgiving." Really," John answered. "I didn't think there was anything that wouldget you away from her. It was like she had you under some kind of mindcontrol." In a way, she did," Denise went on. "I mean she wasn't drugging me oranything but for some reason I was so attracted to her. We started asfriends doing everything together. Then I did something that got herpissed off and she stopped talking to.