"But if anything happens I'm pulling you off thesquad." Yes!" I shouted. I got up and kissed my Mom on the cheek. "Thanks,Mom," I said smiling at her.... I finished my breakfast and headed out ofthe door to catch my bus. I couldn't wait to tell Pete."Oh no," I groaned as I reached the road where the bus stopped. I hadn'trealised how long our conversation had gone on and I had come out justas the bus was starting to pull off. I sighed, "good job I chose to wearjeans today," I thought as sped off. ”She put her arm around me and leaned her head against mine. “I’m happy for you guys, really I am. It must be hard having to put on a act in front of our parents, having to kiss other people when you wanna kiss each other. I saw that face you made at me this morning.”“Sorry, its just that when you kiss him they see you as his girlfriend, and that’s how I want them to see me, but I know its impossible, my dad would kill us. I wanna be the one to kiss him like that.”“It’ll get easier with time,. The song is one that Lucy recognizes quickly as it was hers and her husband’s before becoming hers and her daughter’s. Brea is up on her feet, standing before her mother and closing her eyes. She starts to sway with the music, knowing that her mother is watching her every move. Lucy sits back in the chair and watches her daughter intently.A thought suddenly strikes the woman of how Roman will probably be watching her in this same way before too long. The very thought of pretending to be him. Didn't you dig those while shorts?"Linda stuck out her lips while Danny poured some more juice into her glass. "I always wished my legs were that long and sleek. But wiggling around in shorts and a see-through--have you gotten yourself a lover, mom?"Laughing, Linda drank some more, and spluttered when her brother said, "Yes; mother has a lover, and a good one." Damn!" Linda said, with feeling. "I was kidding around, - but-- you, mom? Making it on the side with another man?"Betty took a deep.