`` we were caught kissing at a ball when i was eighteen . i shrugged off his hands bypassing the nicer way i could have done it . the rest of us stayed as still as possible . were not just best friends for life , we are family . the people looked from one to the other . we tried to wait patiently but we were just too anxious . the ground was , by a miracle , actually starting to dry out . when she reached her room and emptied the bag 's contents on her bed , she groaned . 