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didn’t view the position of outsider with disdain.  In Britain, she felt very American.  In America, she felt somehow more British.  She wasn’t one thing or the other.  She was perforated down the middle, two things in one.  She started getting attention in middle school as an early bloomer.  She had a growth spurt between seventh and eighth grade, not the vertical kind but the horizontal kind.  She started to wear plus-sized shirts to hide her growing bustline.  She never wanted for much attention but she began to stand out in comparison to other girls her age.  Georgia didn’t need attention but needed a way to manage the attention she was getting.  She found a way, she asked for favors—help.  She got boys to carry her books to class or wait with her for her parents to come pick her up.  She didn’t like to do it but the enthusiasm was there.  She just gave it an outlet.  Boys simply liked being near her.  She couldn’t imagine the feeling it gave them to walk beside her but she knew the feeling was there.  To her, it felt like leverage.  She would later come to see it as control. 
     
                  “My mother lived through the London bombings during the Second World War,” said Georgia, “She always said to pay attention to history and not to forget it because history is everywhere in everything.”
     
                  “So what’s your quote?” asked Bryan.
     
                  “ History is everywher e in everything ,” said Georgia.  Yvette’s head went up along with her hand.
     
                  “Good quote, Gigi,” said Yvette.
     
                  “I like it,” said Diane.
     
                  “Me too,” said Tanis.
     
                  “I guess none of us wanna vote against Gigi,” said Bryan.
     
                  “Wait,” said Alan, “You’re supposed to be working on getting her drunk.”
     
                  “Next game,” said Bryan.  Georgia’s status as the group’s sweetheart was reaffirmed, by seven out of seven hands going up.  None of them would vote against her on their last night together.  Georgia got a pass.  The Clubs, The Diamonds and The Spades had all taken turns.  The last suit was Hearts, Alan and Yvette. 
     
    “Ok,” said Alan, “If we’re going guys first then I’m up.”
     
                  “No,” said Yvette, “Ladies first.  I’ll give you some more time to think of an intelligent quote.  You’ll surely need it.”
     
                  “Ouch,” said Alan, “Are you sure we’re both Hearts.”
     
                  “Training’s over Big Boy,” said Diane, “Alliances get broken.”
     
                  “Ok,” said Alan, “I understand.  Our alliances are busted, just like your face, Diane.”  Diane got up from her prone position on the bed.  Alan started to laugh.
     
                  “Oh no,” said Hagan, “Don’t mess with this chick she’s got training.” 
     
                  “Here,” said Alan, “I’ll let you get in a free lick.”  Alan closed his eyes and stuck his face out as a fresh target.  Diane slapped him as hard as she could with her right hand.  The boys got a kick out of it.
     
                  “You hit like a girl,” said Alan.
     
                  “Only cuz you take it like one,” said Diane.
     
                  “At this rate,” said Hagan, “Ain’t no one getting drunk.”
     
                  “Yeah,” said Alan, “C’mon Yvette.  Whatya got for us?”
     
                  “How about this,” said Yvette, “ It’s not what you know.  It’s not who you know.  It’s what you know about who you know .”
     
                  “Oh damn,” said Hagan, “This chick has dirt on all of