While I didn’t have any classes with her until Lunch I made a mental note of talking to her then. As the next two hours went by with agonizing pain... I finally had to my chance to talk with her. Since seniors could go off campus for lunch, I had to follow her and her friends to Robertos Mexican Restaurant. As I pulled up to the fast food restaurant I saw her and her friends had already ordered inside. I went inside and ordered my food, as soon as I turned around I was already asked to come. To say, I was shattered would be an understatement. I saw a smug, self- important bastard being paraded by my superiors off the back of my hard work. Well, at least there was Portia to look forward to. I somehow made it to Saturday without beating Carl to a pulp, and then met with Portia at my apartment. We had plans to make for the next day, our first official date, but first, something that took greater precedence over making plans. Portia barely made it a few steps through my door when I. .. I don't know ... sad, I guess. I know this sounds silly, but that night you woke up in the hospital, I knew it was supposed to be me who took it."Gregg was dumbstruck. Heather's fingers on his lips were pointless because he had nothing to say. Nothing in his twenty-six years could have prepared him for this conversation."But I had a thought..." She finally looked into his eyes with a mixture of hope and fear. Whatever she was about to say was clearly taking every last bit of courage. "Last. I only bought it on a spur of the moment sort of whim."But Veronica was glad that she had the thing. It was the perfect prop, playing the role that, in the past, men had played. It would get Linda into bed with Veronica, without either of them admitting that it wasn't really necessary to have such an incentive.They went on to the bedroom.Veronica adjusted the curtains so that the sunlight that had been streaming in was muted, the lighting softer and subtler. Linda watched the redhead as she.