I had a very difficult time sleeping that night, because my mind was on Tina Lee, and my reality set in… I had a girlfriend at home that I also had ...o tend to. ***************************** Saying Goodnight to Stacy was uneventful, because I truly couldn’t understand why she wasn’t on the trip with me, if we could get her the time off from her job, and we argued about such things constantly. I was no longer happy with the way things were going at home, and that wasn’t the first trip I have. " But I don't know if..." I said eight o'clock!" HIs voice had turned authoritarian, demanding."I ... all right," she said slowly in surrender as she began dressing.Mom was so naive -- still is. It's only been recently that I have made her tell me what happened back then. She's so embarrassed to relate these things, yet never seems to learn.The following night she told her parents she was going to study with a girlfriend. instead, of course, she showed up on Chard's doorstep, just as. There was no comfort and no escape from what I knew. I closed my eyes, and felt the beginnings of a headache coming on. I would probably get a migraine out of this, and then I would be telling the truth. At least one of us would. _________________________________________________ After that first night together, when Peter had proposed to me, we were almost never apart. At my insistence I didn’t move in with him right away. I was still marginally sensible and I feared drowning in him. Never. The back bathroom of the house was huge. For this particular trip, it was useful as it had a long, 15 foot mirror stretching down the length of the sink fixture. The girls marched into the room, Katie hoping to get out of the smaller, but still-to-large-for-her-body shirt, but really just wanting to get Ashley away from Josh for a few minutes."Did you guys enjoy your one-on-one bonding time?" Ashley asked, signing, genuinely hoping her two best friends would become closer, but not as close as.