She felt shamed and she felt proud at the same time, and in an odd mixture. Alec had shown a backbone. They'd tried to make him look ridiculous, and i...t had made her pity him, but not now – not now. She'd almost joined the way they ridiculed him, but now it was she who felt silly.Juliana saw him raise his arm, palm up and open. He waited for her to join him. Juliana pushed back her chair to run to him, but Charrier's hand pressed down on her bare shoulder."You do whatever you like, Mr. Austin,". ’ ‘I didn’t mean it like that. I’m sure he’s great but I still have Tim to think about.’ ‘Leave it to Philip.’ ‘What can Philip do about Tim?’ ‘What did he do about Kenisha?’ ‘Yeah, but that’s different. It’s a different problem.’ ‘Look, I don’t mean to minimize the problem. I know you care about Tim but he’ll find a solution. If you mean to stay with him then you and Philip will find a solution. Maybe Philip won’t have sex with you. I don’t know.’ ‘That might work.’ ‘So Tim won’t have a. I ducked back into the locker room; the coach hadn’t seen me yet. It was starting to look like this might be a practice that I’d be better off to arrive about half an hour late too. Then I could get tackled in peace. Pain I can deal with, but stupidity I enjoy less. Making sure no one was paying any attention to me, I slipped out and hurried across the lawn. My practice clothes wouldn’t make me stick out. I headed across the grounds to the main buildings. I was thinking of getting something to. The sky was getting black with a storm in the making. I asked if she would like to go to my house to watch the storm. We'd just got in the garage and the door shut when the lights went out. We just lost our electrical power. We went inside and sat on the couch and watched the storm. After a while I put my arm around her and gave a little hug and a small kiss. The response surprised me when I got a larger kiss back. We started necking full time and before long I was rubbing her back and running.