I’d been in bed about two minutes when the phone rang. ‘Why did you leave?’ ‘Oh, come on Tips, you know why.’ ‘I honestly and genuinely do...’t.’ ‘I’d be no good for you. Not yet, maybe not ever. You know why.’ ‘Look, you silly cow, Jess is Jess. She’s your first and only. But we both know she’s married. I wasn’t going to fuck you. I just wanted to chat.’ ‘I wanted you to fuck me – that’s why I left.’ ‘Well, I wasn’t going to.’ I paused. ‘Come round for lunch tomorrow?’ ‘Yes.’ She rang off and I. ” The movie was, as promised, terrifying. Katie spent the entire time hiding behind a couch pillow. Every time she let out a small scream, it sent shivers through Jack. He could picture himself between Katie’s legs, his tongue making her make that noise. He’d never thought of her like that until tonight. It just hit him like a wrecking ball. He loved Katie. Before now he’d been jealous of any guy she’d dated or like but he’d assumed it was just protective friend jealousy. No. He loved her. And. Being that in two days they would be on the road and without much hope of private moments, several of the others vanished after the ceremony as well. John and Debbie had reserved the bomb shelter for the night; Ron and Hannah kicked Pietro and Amy out of the Mistress' bed chamber for the night; Don totally vanished with Jason, no one knew where at the time; Jenny took advantage of the fact that the boys' room was to be totally empty and dragging Sandra up there (literally) Jenny continued. I guess he had a fight with his latest girlfriend." I guess he did. Penny is my sister's best friend."Shannon looked at me, started to say something, then didn't. "Thanks. Tom, isn't it?" I nodded. She smiled at me, turned and left the commons.I sat back down next to Tony, who'd sat still through out. I didn't blame him, he'd been in trouble a few times; the teachers were always dumping on him. "What was that all about?" Tony asked.I shrugged, "He was going with Penny, but they broke up.