" He held out a little pink pill, sort of shaped like a triangle, but with rounded points."Oh no," I shook my head. "I can't..." It's okay," Deke told... me. "It just something to make you feel good, nothing bad." What is it?" I asked, feeling a little curious. I'd never done any drugs in my life, but I'd never drank either, except a glass of wine at Thanksgiving once."Ecstasy." Michael smiled at me. "Do you know what ecstasy means? Intense joy or delight." He held it out. "Now, are you going to. ” Some pages were coming out of her printer. She took them and rolled over to where I sat down on her bed.“Here, this story that you call ‘My Sister Makes Me Hard!’ In it, you talk about coming up behind her and wrapping your arms around her ... you do that with me all the time!”“And here, it says, ‘I went up behind her and said, “You are so pretty.” Then you said, “She put her hands over mine and said, ‘I know, pervert!’ When we were in high school together, you would do that all the time, and. I knew that we were in for a good long talk, but the look in his eyes scared me slightly. He undid his seat belt and mine, and slid across the seat so he was closer to me and no longer behind the steering wheel. He reached over and first gave me the biggest hug, just holding me tight against him for a few moments, whispering apologies for the behavior of all of the idiots. When he finally released me, he put a hand on either side of my face and mine fell to his strong legs. Raphael looked me. “This is going to be hot, Rupali.” She looked up at me with blonde eyebrows raised. At 6’1”, I’m more than a foot taller than her; why do I let her push me around? I could pick her up under one arm and walk her out of the store myself. “OK. Let’s go.” God, was my heart hammering before? Now it was about to leap out of my throat. The shop assistant – pardon me; the hot, Indian shop assistant – started towards us with a big smile. He looked to be our age or a few years older and he was also about.