Her tummy bulged and seemed to actually move beneath her dress with the same life that Lynn had brought into this world. But she knew that her son and...this magnificent creature would do so much better a job than she ever had with her first grandchild. ‘Oh, Mama,’ she chided as she shook her head. ‘Gees, Mom, you would think this is your first time to do this and not your third,’ said the petulant teen sprawled across the chair in the corner with her iPad close at hand. Her older sister poked. ”“No! Freaking! Way!”“Oh, it’s true. She had a little black book with every guy, the date, what they did, and a rating from one to five!”“You’re serious?”“As a heart attack.”“Do you know your rating?” Melissa asked with a sly smile.“Six,” I said smugly.“Bullshit!”“Nope. One of her friends at the time told me the rating and the system. Usually, the girl would only ever be with a guy once and got off on having him beg and turning him down. Six was reserved for guys she’d do it with again. There. When the door bell rang. Rohit brushed his hair with his fingers. And then he heard the door open. He heard lisa againLisa: oh hi Rohit. I’m sorry. I could not make it to the school today. I am not feeling very well. (to the guard) thanks Prakash. You can go back to school. (to Rohit) please come in and have a seat.Rohit: thank you madam.He felt Lisa holding his hand. She guided him to the sofa.Lisa: have a Seat here and I will get you something to drink.Rohit: I will have plain water, nothing. We both pulled the offending digits back immediately into our separate spheres. The clock ticked from 9:01 pm to 9:02 pm. He stared intently at the darkening roadway, and I looked fixedly out my window. Jill took notes from a thick textbook. I thought about last year, our senior year together. We had done a major history project together, but we never really pulled it together. We ended up with a C and some bad words were exchanged. But, as if to make up for it, he gave me a card come Christmas.