I struggled, but couldn't break her hold or turn away."Stupid? I'm the stupid one?" she said mockingly. "I'm not the one thatis so stupid and incons...derate that they skip out of a mandatorypresentation at school and then face severe punishment at home. That'snot me. That is you!"I gulped. "But mom! I'm a boy and this is just crazy!" Crazy?" she chuckled. "No, crazy is the way your father and I have beenraising you to this point. Always playing good cop bad cop with yourfather not doing. Even though she was petite she was very toned... I loved to look at her sexy legs in class.We were good classmates and always flirted with each other.... She was very maternal... I just enjoyed being friends with someone so sophisticated and classy. And she treated me like an adult. And you know it's like at college, all the boys think they are cool and all the girls are either book worms are slutty.We stayed close friends for the whole year and at the end of the year we were studying together. Once done Ishaved and left the room.I began to wonder about the items that I had in my possession, how muchwealth could I expect from them? I threw my towel over my shoulder andheaded back into the bedroom naked. Pulling down the turtle, I sat it onthe bed. Slowly I removed each item from inside, beaded breastplate, vialof liquid and both bracelets. I picked up the breastplate and held itinto the air. It was longer in the middle and at each end with the area'sto the immediate right and left had. I thought I'd loved the ex, or some of the boys I'd gone outwith before, but all that emotion paled besides the butterflies in mewhen I saw Danny each day, or heard him whisper my name, or brush hisfingers over the back of my hand.Time passed; several months? It was hard to keep track. We spent a muchtime together as was possible; we embraced, hugged, kissed. I regularlyfound flowers and chocolates on my desk, gifts of pens, broaches andbracelets came my way, Siobhan loved the first earrings he.