”I scoffed. “Whatever,” I said.Courtney looked away. She didn’t like lying.Ben shrugged. “My sister says she has a police report that has yo...r name on it, and it says she broke your ribs.”“I told you guys, I got hit by a car,” I said, shoving Ben into the lockers.Cameron laughed. “Hey Courtney. How did Greg break his ribs in ninth grade?”There was an awkward pause as Courtney looked at her feet. “It was a lucky punch, I think,” she said.Cameron and Ben started laughing, and I had to turn away. You said that the farther she let you go, the wilder her responses became. Once you get some girls going, they need to have it on a regular basis, just like a guy."They continued drinking and talking, but the former made the latter deteriorate into mindless conversation.Two days later, they were flown to an isolated post in a remote region of Alaska to begin their mountain survival training. The class was divided into teams of ten to twelve men, each given an objective with required about six. He found work with a software company and I found clerical work, but with the economy the way it is I got laid off after only a few months. I found myself among tens of thousands of other entry-level clerical applicants in the Bay Area, so I resigned myself, for the time being anyway, to the life of a homemaker. Loi enjoyed it, I think he liked the idea of having a ‘kept woman’, never having to help clean anything since I did it out of boredom during the day, and having hot meals waiting for. We started calling each other with affectionate terms and we became good friends. During one of our conversation, she asked me what kind of girl I liked. I told her that I am not looking for a relationship, sensing where this was heading.She got a little upset but did well to hide it. Nevertheless, I told her that I like someone cute and fun to hang out with. She said ” so you just want to have fun, with no strings attached?” I replied “yes, if someone Is up for it. But I wont lie to any girl.