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his arm around him, Rich led him up to the restaurant.  “You know, the first time I saw your sister, I knew. I loved her the second she looked at me.”
     
    “Dude that was middle school bullshit; I’m not capable of that emotion.”  Mark rubbed his hand down the front of his face and then straightened up.
     
    Rich just shook his head.  “You love Molly.  You’d take a bullet for her.  Why couldn’t you love someone else like that?”
     
    Mark was completely silent when they joined the rest of the group. Molly looked up concerned and patted the seat next to her.  “You OK?” she whispered.
     
    “No,” Mark put his napkin into his lap and took a sip of water. 
     
    Molly leaned in and kissed his shoulder.  “What’s the matter?”  When Mark didn’t answer her, she took his hand under the table.  He was trembling.  “What is wrong Markie?  You are scaring me.”  Her voice was quiet but shook asking the question.
     
    “Molls, drop it.  I’ll be fine.”  He took another sip of water and glanced across the table in time to see Caleb drop down in the seat next to Sophie.  His whole face hardened in anger. 
     
    “I don’t know what it is Soph, but you sure know how to make my blood boil.  You look sexy in my clothes baby.”  Caleb spoke a little too loud and everyone looked up.  Sophie just blushed and kept her gaze fixed on her salad plate.  He reached out and tucked her hair behind her ear and kissed her forehead. 
     
    Mark saw red.  His hand squeezed Molly’s until his knuckles were white.  Molly hissed in a breath and looked at him. 
     
    Ryan came stumbling into the room laughing.  He was drunk and sweating.  “Marco, Dude!”  He came over and high fived a fuming Mark.  “She’s waiting for you.  She’s ready bro and she is hot!”
     
    The whole group started in on how rude Ryan was.  Everyone except for Caleb.  He leaned in and gave Sophie a kiss on the neck and whispered something into her ear.
     
    Mark pounded his fist on the table and everyone jumped.  He shoved his chair back and stormed out of the dining room.
     
    “Oh Yeah,” Ryan slurred.  “Marco’s got his groove back.”
     
    Sophie sat there with her jaw dropped as Mark walked away from the table.
     
    ****
     
    Mark stood under the cold water as it pelted his shoulders.  He could still hear Sophie’s little moans and smell her sweet Jasmine smell.  Her taste was still in his mouth and his mind raced.  Remnants of their time in the ocean were all over him.  It had almost been heaven.  There was no other word that described what she would have felt like.  His whole body ached for her.  His hand slapped against the tiled side of the shower and he threw his head back.  This wouldn’t take long.  He roared her name as the pain and pleasure of the morning crashed around him.
     
    ****
     
    Sophie lay sobbing into her pillow when the bedroom door opened.  Caleb dropped everything in his hands and ran over to her. He lay down next to her and pulled her into his arms.  She was trembling and the tears flooded her face.  “Shhhh.  Soph, it’s ok.  I’m here.  What happened baby?”
     
    She shifted her body into his and buried her face into his neck.  Her sobs were uncontrollable and for a long time, he just stroked her hair and held her.  When she began to settle down, he asked her again.  “What happened?”
     
    She pulled back and looked at him and then sat up.  “I didn’t listen to you.  I should have.  I didn’t.”  She started crying again.
     
    “What are you talking about?”  Caleb looked puzzled and held his hands out to her.  The thought hit him like a ton of bricks.  “Mark.  You lied to me about Mark last night.”  His voice got louder.
     
    “No, No I didn’t.” Sophie said backing away from him.  “It was this morning.”
 
    Caleb stood up and crossed the room.  “What did he do to you Soph?”  When she didn’t answer immediately, he