"The idea of women not being part of her life was so foreign to Janet that she couldn't even imagine the idea. Still, she knew that Laura was coming f...om a different place."So ..." Laura continued, "I decided what the hell, I should just, what was it you said, 'roll the dice' and see what happens. I mean, it's better to know now than later, isn't it?" So, we're just supposed to fuck and see if you still like it?" Janet said, putting it succinctly, if crudely."I'm not sure I would put it quite. " She's okay," he said. "I kind of like Karen and Lisa and Kelly too." Who else?" I encouraged. Those three girls were kind of popular. Chris had to work his way up to those girls."Kim ... Wendy ... Denise."They were three names I could use, so along with Tina and Jenny I had five possibilities.All I had to do was convince Chris to stand up for himself so the girls could see he wasn't a little mouse. I internally sighed. It was a big challenge.In mid May, I decided it was time to get it over. Math was a particularly hard subject for Jess. He was just one bad grade away from failing the subject for the semester, but at this point that was the last thing on his mind. Staring at the blank sheet of paper in front of him, his mind started to wander. “What am I even doing here? I have no purpose, no desire, no happiness. If I decided to just run away today, will anyone care? Will my parents notice if I'm not there?” The bell for the end of homeroom rang, jolting him back into. Brennan stumbled and Cory caught himself on a boulder that had beat them down the mountain. Lightning simply stood on stiff legs, trembling.Gravel and rocks continued to rain down on them as they hurried back towards the Jeep. Megan erected another shield above them to protect them from the rocks."We need to get out of here!" Cory yelled as he hurried to the back door of the Jeep. "Lava is coming."He jerked the back door open, and Lightning jumped in. He climbed over the seat into the back..