I was really starting to reach a breaking point. XXX I would walk home with her whenever I could, all the way to the point at which she turned off and went across town. As time went on and the school year accelerated to a close, my yearning for Kate only got stronger. It was like being eaten alive from the inside out. The language of love was still a foreign tongue to me and I lacked the benefit of a Rosetta Stone or even a Berlitz manual. I knew the word sex meant more than whether you were a boy or a girl. I was later told this was a way for girls to get a guy’s attention, though who would tell a girl this I’ll never understand. Young lust
