Our conversation wandered back to the topic of Friday's band, and the crazily public 'love' life of its lead singer. The fact is, unrequited lusts aside, I really enjoyed hanging out and shooting the s**t with Lisa and Lee. I made it almost half an hour before the sweltering heat and my thick outdoor clothes and puffy vest made it too uncomfortable to sit there any longer, and I bestirred myself to head back to my own room. In addition to the heat, both girls had had homework in front of them when I first entered, and I was concerned that I might wear out my welcome. That would be a fate to be avoided at all costs with either of them, much less both. I judged that I had been right, and that they really did need to work, as Lee closed the door behind me when I left.
My own room was quiet a
