I had taken them to Paul's mother-in-law to repair. Her eyes, like mine had done, had filled with tears at the sight of the senseless destruction, and...she had informed me that I was not going to pay her a cent for the work.When I finished talking, Melody didn't say anything, and we watched around a half hour of Sesame Street.After Big Bird and Snuffy sang the alphabet, she sat up and kissed my cheek. "I need to go see the house."Half an hour later, Melody and I stood inside what had once been. Sorry, this sleepover’s a bust.”“Maybe we shouldn’t have done it for your twenty-fifth birthday.”“I’m tired of everything else. And I just wanted to see you three, my best friends in the whole world.”“We love you too, Michelle. But I can’t sleep, I usually workout or something to tire me out before falling asleep.”“Then let’s stretch or something.”The four friends climbed out of their sleeping bags and into the frigid exposure of the unheated apartment living room. “Ok, pair up,. I made a few phone calls early next day and made an astounding discovery. The phone number belonged to a certain Chris Walker, husband of her friend Mary. This was going to hurt her more than I thought. She might just end up losing her friends too. I was sorry for Mary, though. She was the sweetest person you could meet. I remember one time when I was really sick and Dee was out of town Mary had made a trip twice a day for a week to ensure that I was well fed and taken care of. Since that time. “Like what, exactly?” Charlie inhaled deeply, her body shivered when she said it, “Sex.” Nathan blinked in disbelief. He had anticipated getting pretty far with Charlie on this day, but not that far. He had no condoms or anything. “I don’t have any—I mean I don’t have—“ “Don’t worry,” Charlie interrupted. “I do.” She reached into the tiny drawer of the side table by her bed and pulled out a single condom that she kept there, just in case her first time were ever to creep up on her, like it had.