. this was a rare example of quantity over quality. I knew I looked like a crumpled tangle of paper, but that would change as soon as Jake started unw...apping me.He took longer than usual to return, but eventually he was home and apologised, as he walked in the door, "Sorry, but your mother can talk and talk."I rose again to all fours and called out, "Don't worry about my mom. Just come and get your present." Showtime!"You have me curious," he said, as he entered the living room and stopped to. "Guys. It's okay. She likes the clothes, that's all. Calm down." Damn," Eddie said. "I'd fuck her."Cheryl harrumphed."Well, I would," Eddie said. "But I'd fuck you first, baby. I promise."Somehow, that seemed to mollify Cheryl. She reached out and touched mybreast forms. They came loose from my chest, and she looked at themdumbfounded in her hands "I might like to see that," she said.Kelly looked at me, as if asking a question. I shook my head no."You know, we could have some fun," Kelly. That was in the past, and there was nothing I could do about it. I had to deal with here and now, and my heart broken friend who still suffered from her unrequited love. I turned the conversation to a more hopeful one, which surprised even me. Here I was speaking of hope and the future, words that never once came from my mouth in the months proceeding today. We ended our talk that evening with words of affection and promise, words that seemed to clearly spell a certain fate. That night I fell. You're not the only one feeling sad. Come on, come with us. Don't be such a pain in the neck."'Pain in the neck?' Nikki thought. No one ever called her a pain in the neck. That epithet made her think about how much she had changed since Linda left for college. She was not the smiling happy-go-lucky girl everyone used to know. She had become a pain in the neck... That realization made her say, "All right... I'll come with you. You're right. No use staying here and feeling sorry for myself."Nikki.