Jess was gone, and it colored how I felt about the world. It influenced what I ate, what I talked about. It even influenced, how I felt about ... Tris...h.The soft knock at the door caused me to immediately stand and walk towards it. I hadn't even bothered to think about what I would say, or to pause to collect myself. I simply opened the door instinctively, and looked at the young woman who stared back at me. She wore her standard sleep garment, of a long t-shirt, but had omitted the pajama. . what did you two ... uh ... So, then what?" Mom!" Robert exclaimed. "Seriously? Then what? What hell was going on?" I kinda want to tell you to watch your language, Honey. But it doesn't seem like it matters much right now." I chuckled lightly trying to ease the mood. "Guys, we're really sorry. We never intended for you to see that."I quickly realized that wasn't true. We very much wanted our boys to see that. We just thought we'd be more in control of the situation when that occurred.I. He learned this the hard way, and it was all because of his association with Artie and Renee, however painful this association was.He stood in the light of his living room with his single suitcase packed and waiting. He judged whether or not it would rain that afternoon. The apartment seemed somewhat dusty to him, as though the place was now an old and tired relic ready to be partitioned from his present and parceled off to the junk heap of the past. The fingerprint of all of his struggles. We're related...it's..." i****t." Allie said. "I know it's wrong but Jason I can't help it! I want you. It's all I can think about! I lay in bed at night getting myself off imagining you laying in your bed next door." Oh..." He said. She could feel his eyes on her, knew he was seeing things differently, that her little outburst was working."Are you mad at me?" She asked, biting her lip at him again."No." He smiled, rubbing her arm again. "How could I be mad at my little sis? Besides, I guess I.