she considered her "better half". Something that went beyond the simple meaning that she had given to the phrase. With h

e could not be considered the most problematic or stressful either. She wasn't the most popular girl in school, but she wasn't a potenti

al error - and it was there that she met Luke. After a couple of months of concise and brief coexistence, a couple of disinterested outings on th

s one of the most attractive boys in school, but from that to being an Idol-like those in those television series, there was a huge difference. And then he wasn't exactly a caramel apple; He had a sullen character, a changing mood (sometimes almo

f "it doesn't matter, I know it will change. I will make it change." Of course, as the days and months went by, she began to take for granted, like any dreaming gir

epted excuse. The sexual act had been on her mind from the beginning. She had been dating Luke more or less

in. Her friends, Yanai and Karen had done it, and both assured her that it only hurt for a minute - like a penicillin injection - and that after that it was like being in heaven. However, for h

d, at that moment, it was all over. Luke had held on as long as he could but suddenly

ast name or because of her bearing, but because he, that seemingly disinterested boy, had given him her first kiss

er near the door; on it were laid carelessly her clothes, hers and hers; as mute witnesses to the red-hot mood of the night before. He took her blouse - a sleevel

a of "What will I wear?" (which, in the circumstances she had considered, boiled down to "What shall I take off?") and he took the first thing he found to her hand. In recent weeks, his limited "private sneaks" always ended at Luke's house, al

the room, because of the brightness of the rays of the sun that filtered across the length and width of the left window. The western-style sli

r heart on a thread. What if Luke's pare

house clothes", her hair tangled and the occasional mischief peekin

venience of staying over, but the

e best experience of hers but at least she

between the programming of the cable television system. She came down finally and decisively, and she leaned over the corner of the door. His eyes met on

d making a slig

young man's eyes, which became more