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direction she came from. I never let the death grip on her hand
go. I think she’s finally seeing the light and I sense things between us are
changing for the better. I don’t want to control her for my own good, I want to
keep her safe and with me. I think she sees that now. Her friends were bringing
her into God only knows what and she came to me to keep her safe. That’s
progress and it shows great promise.

 
    She calls me when she gets home and
I try my best to reiterate my point about her friends. She starts crying
because she was scared so I use this as the perfect opportunity to tell her
that Missy and Annie have been fucking these guys. I figure that will really
scare her away from those dudes and their friends, she’s like a deer in
headlights when I kiss her, I can only imagine what she’d be like if some dude
tried to fuck her.

 
    Jeff moved on to another girl at school quickly after his break up, David
started going out with a girl who worships the ground he walks on and they
forgot all about Missy and Annie. Missy and Annie moved on from the carnival guys
to some other guys. Bobby finally got the courage to ask Asia out and they hang
out with Tate and me a lot. We go to the movies and the mall together every
weekend. Sometimes Jeff and David come too either alone or with their
girlfriends.

 
    We take a trip to New York City with
the theater club. Every day we go to attractions like the musical Cats or the
Empire State Building but at night we find a way to be together. I room with
Asia and Tate rooms with Bobby. The first night there we are too afraid to try
to sneak into each other’s rooms but after that we figured out it won’t be a
problem.

 
    The second night Tate and Bobby wait
until midnight to come to our room. They can be so funny sometimes; they come
in wearing sunglasses like they were in disguise. Tate pops a tape into our
boom box and “Sunglasses At Night” by Corey Hart comes on while they
dance around the room. Tate has become a great dancer and I love when he dances
for me. He moves so smoothly now and he says he has learned all his moves from
me. We hang out together listening to music, dancing and talking. After an hour
or so the guys thought they should get back to their room just in case anyone
came looking for them so we kiss good night and they go back to their rooms.

 
    I lay awake in bed just thinking about Tate’s lips and how soft they felt.
Tate has full pink lips that just make me want to kiss him, I mean really kiss
him.

 
    My hotel room phone rings and I jump to pick it up before Asia wakes up.
I’m convinced it’s my parents calling to yell at me because they know Tate and
Bobby were just here. I’m relieved when I hear Tate’s voice.

 
    “Hey, Brook. Were you sleeping yet?” This has become our little joke from
that first night he called me and so I respond as I always do, “No, were you?”

 
    He laughs at me as always, “No, want to listen to music together? I left
you a tape in the boom box that I made for you. Press play.”

 
    “I’ll have to put it on really soft, Asia’s asleep and I don’t want to
wake her up” I tell him.

 
    “Yeah, Bobby fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow too but I
couldn’t fall asleep without talking to you. Press play” he demands.

 
    I get up out of bed and hit the play button.

 
    We stay on the phone together listening to the mixed tape he made me with
songs that remind him of us. We talk about our
day at the Museum of Natural History and how excited I am about going to see
Cats tomorrow. Tate tells me I will be a “cat” one day and he can’t wait to
come and watch me on Broadway.
    The next night Asia and I sneak into Tate and Bobby’s room and we lay on
their beds with them and listen to music together. Bobby and Asia are under the
covers on Bobby’s bed and I cannot believe my eyes but they are making out
right in front of us while Pat Benatar is singing about l ove