The vehicle stopped at the closed gate and the man spoke something intoan intercom on a steel post just in the entrance. The gates swung openand we dr...ve through, my hateful mother in law's car followed us. Wedrove up through the trees into a parking area in front of a largebuilding which was like a converted manor house. Outside it seemed tohave all the external trappings of a hospital with ramps and signs. Athin grey hard-faced woman was standing by the big chrome and glasssliding doors and I. . and, in your heart, you knew Hollywood was the only possible place you could ever end up being.So, throughout your high school education, you spent your every waking moment trying to improve your ability to act, throwing anything and everything else, whether it being advancing your middle-of-the-road grades or your non-existent love life, to the side in an attempt to further your future career. And by the time you reached graduation, you felt a sigh of relief, rather than any sadness. It was longer on one side than the other, where it had burned off. "I'm embarrassed to be seen like this!" she moaned. "My hair! My beautiful hair!" Your hair isn't what makes you beautiful," he said.She turned around and came to him, hugging him. Then she wanted a kiss. This time he let himself kiss her back. It was delicious.She leaned back, keeping her loins welded to his, and rubbed him gently with her mons. "I'm still horny." She looked up at him through smoky eyes that looked odd without. You would stay up for three days straight, listlessly going throughthe internet or even just staring at walls, before sleeping for 30 hoursuninterrupted. You were still capable of function most of the time;barely. You had a vague notion of what was going on in your businessclasses. Enough to scrape by and not completely lose your place in theuniversity, but you knew you'd never be graduating with anything worthtalking about.Eventually you emerged from this state, a peace coming upon you, even.