I was at a sleepover with all my cousins. We were playing hide-and-seek and John was the only one left. “Seriously you can come out now. You won and... Ben and Alisa are making Sundays for us.” I noticed the bathroom door open just a little and went to investigate. The lights were off so I stepped inside. Suddenly I feel someone’s hands holding my arms against the wall, his body grinding against me, and his lips locked onto mine.I try to push him off, but he just grinds hard. Finally I break free. . your boyfriend?”Paula was getting used to this question.“Not really. Maybe when we get bigger or something. I mean, I ain’t ever kissed him or anything.”“Would you kiss him? I mean, if he wanted you to?”Paula had thought about this herself, the last time somebody had asked if the little boy was her boyfriend. She had to be careful how she answered, because she didn’t want Paul to think she was after him that way, but she didn’t want him to think there was no chance. And whatever she said it. I was his fiancée until Rebecca and I ruined it."I watched father's head whip around to stare at Monique, but my head slowly nodded to acknowledge the truth of Monique's statement. Father sank onto the bed in shock while Patricia looked straight into Monique's eyes.There was a long moment of silence before Patricia sighed. "Well, at least that explains why Jason showed up here with a broken heart, although I'm not sure why it takes both of you girls to tell this tale. He never talked much about. 6 more hours to go. I ate a salad for lunch. I wasn't really hungry. It was probably the butterflies that were starting to build in my stomach.I decided I might as well do some laundry and other chores around the house. I washed the dishes and folded the laundry. I even went through the entire house dusting everything in sight. I watered the plants and tried to think of today as any other day. I looked at my watch and saw that it was 4 already. I decided to take a nice soothing bath. I could.
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