" Beth said when Tira had joined her in the corridor. "I know this is gonna sound pretty bizarre, but Tika has just entered puberty. She's just had he... first period. The bleeding was just normal menstruation." She is having her period?" Tira asked in amazement. "How can that be? The bleeding is so heavy!" No, she's not having her period, she's already had it!" Beth clarified. "She seems to have gotten the whole thing over with in just over an hour! The bleeding seems so heavy, only because it. ..We ended up asking the men to join us at the table. The one I'm interested in scoots next to me and we discuss the answer to the question. The music is loud, so he has to talk in my ear. He brushes my hair away and I feel his warm breath on my neck. I feel his knee touch mine, I keep mine there. About five minutes later we're talking with the rest of the group and I feel his hand on my thigh above my knee. Though no one at the table can see us below the table, they can all see my face, so I. When we were about to leave, she touched my arm."Whatever it is, don't worry about it. It will pass."I looked at her, seeing the slight smile in her lips, reassuring. "Life will pass," I thought, giving her a phony smile and a peck."Can you spend a night with me?" I asked."A night?" Yes, a night." No." Why not?" What am I going to say to him?" Pick a day he's traveling." He'll call home." Tell him you are staying at a friend's." Let's talk about something else." Are you happy?" I asked her. He went through the men's section, through theladies and towards the stairs and waited until he was reasonably surethat all the intruders were at least one floor above him.From the noise they were making, it sounded like there were just thethree of them and right at that time, all three were heading up to thesecond floor, one of them complaining loudly that this had better bethe last trip as he was knackered.Denis hurtled downstairs and stopped long enough to pull the low heelsout of the bag,.