They had released eachother's hand and now theirs lay folded in their laps, their attention turnedto the front of the room as if waiting for further i...nstruction.Which came soon.Another tall woman clad in black entered. Michelle thought for a moment thatthis was the same woman who had tormented them before, but as soon as theinstructor opened her mouth, Michelle realized that this was someone new. Hewondered how many Masters and Mistresses there were, all for just the eightof them from what he. She was determined that she’d get you to say she was me.”“She’s a quick study,” I snorted, finally beginning to relax. “For a while I was panicked that I’d just told someone else that I loved her and that you were the second kisser. Then I thought about how...” I wasn’t sure I wanted to go there, but I decided to plunge ahead. “ ... how Kate was imitating you on the daybed while I sketched.”“That was incredible,” Melody said. “I’ve always liked Kate, but she seemed so distant from everyone. Sonal was definitely looking ravishing at that moment. I walked a few steps towards the pool staircase. Devil inside me said “Chutiya, check to Kar.” I looked at Sonal. She looked back at me.I said “Accha chance tha, na?” She said “Matlab?” In my mind I thought “ye to matlab puch rahi hai… Lag gaye beta tere.” I dove right onto the point. I said “kiss Karne ka.” And made a shy face but gave her a very confident look. She kept staring as we reached the stair case. She, softly, said ” we could go. . stairs?” Heather panted. She pulled me off the couch and yanked my arm towards the basement. “Chop! Chop! Let’s go, sweetie!”I followed along. “Wow!” Heather gasped as she saw how nice our spare basement bedroom was. “This is great.”“It took Dad and me a couple of fall weekends to do,” I said. “We did it to make more room for when Kyle or Will and Abby came home from college.”“Will your parents mind if we use it?” Heather asked.“No, as long as I clean it up for Kyle and Penny tomorrow before.