Megan was so shocked she didn’t know what to do or say. So she climbed and climbed until she was gasping for air. Then, suddenly there was a floor a...bove her with a hole in it, where the stairway went through. She climbed through that hole into a world colored red and orange and yellow and green ... all the colors of the rainbow as the sun shone through panes of stained glass all around her. In the center of the room was a big contraption that had a bank of lights on it, like the kind they had. "As you are no doubt aware, I have made a promise to your wife." "I think we may leave my wife out of this discussion," Brummel said. His voice was even, but there was something in his face that made me suspect that his wife had indeed told him everything. But then it was he who had put her into that position in the first place. As much as I regretted what I had done, I felt no compunction for him. "It is a bit late for that, I'm afraid," I said. "It is only because of my promise. Feeling his hand holding mine as we moved, I knew I wasnt a child any more, and that things between us would change. Monday in school, it was obvious they had, at least in the eyes of our classmates. Girls I didnt even know told me they thought I had a cute boyfriend. Joey told me that all his buddies referred to me as his girlfriend. All that from one dance. We talked about it the rest of the school year. Our friends were right. We belonged together. Joey and I started going steady in eighth. "I'm sorry if you didn't want to me hear say that, but when I saw you I just knew it was the truth." It's not that I don't want to hear it, I do. I love you, too. It just seemed a little sudden," Beth said, and then scooted next to me. "It's me, tell what is going on."I had no idea how much had been bottled up over the past three months. I just started talking about how alone I felt. One day I had all my closest friends and lovers with me, and the next everyone had left. I told her everything..