A moment later, a rather nondescript man, about my age, and two teenage girls walked into the room. Lisa giggled as they walked in."Dressed for the oc...asion, I see!" She giggled as she looked at the girls, obviously her sisters. Then she remembered her manners."Daddy, this is Patrick. The woman on the couch is his fi... fian... they're going to get married. Her name is Megan. She has been hurt. I'm sorry; I don't know any of the other's names." Suddenly, she couldn't hold back her excitement. Daniellehowled and silently wished for the figure on the screen to make hermove. Nina must really have hated the thought of using her mouthbecause she head-butted Simon instead. This was in spite of thenails lining the inside of her head-gear. Danielle had to commend her courage, even as she watched theslender girl fall to the floor in agony. She was glad that she wasnot wired up to Nina's head! As she watched, a tiny single rivuletof blood trickled out from beneath the helmet and ran down. Now I had to decide what to do with Mona. The obvious answer was that this faux-girlfriend thing was bullshit. I should never have done that. I didn’t need a false front to protect me. I was strong enough to say I wasn’t ready to be in a relationship right now. I also didn’t need to lie to my friends.“I’m out as far as being your boyfriend. If you want to date Mike, feel free,” I said with a little more heat in my voice than I’d intended.“Hang on. I never said I wanted to date Mike.”“Sorry, I. I knew I liked you, he said. Much better than that other boy Cindys considering. Wait you liked me? I thought you told Cindy to be careful around me, I asked. Of course. Its my duty as her fabulous protector. Its kind of a joke but I take it very seriously. I even- Wait… I cut him off. What other boy? She likes someone else? Oh… I did say that out loud didnt I… Reggie admitted. Yeah… I wouldnt worry about it. Some guy in her Math class. Hes a looser though. Hes only in her class because he was.