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...between us tonight, I feel infinitely extraordinary.

Max delivers me home by three, driving relatively safely for the remainder of the journey.  I yawn, and rub my eyes despite the zombielike effect the smeared makeup will have on my face.  Then I lean over the grimy cupholder and kiss Max's acne-scarred cheek before slinking away down the cleanly paved walkway to my house.  "See ya."

Max believes in anything forbidden, everything alternative.  And I am an open book.  If he suggests it, I'm more than happy to try it, because I love him more than anyone I've ever known.  He isn't conventionally attractive -- too sickish-pale, with a ferrety face and slender limbs -- but I am enamored endlessly by the beauty I perceive in him. Without question, he loves me back.  There isn't a question in my mind. 

I sneak a backward glance as I unlock the front door and,  without explanation, I am stricken with a thrill of fear.

Max

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ireneintheworld The narrator of this story is almost invisible here, but he does exist somewhere and in a blocked creative life; he seems to spend his time people-watching so I think that would be a strong feature in his sections.

I thought the teenagers' story would be good for anyone who likes writing in that genre; and there is also room for the policeman's POV.

The old woman might be a good place to start for me, so maybe I'll slope off there in a minute, or soon, or eventually.

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