  Listening to... "Meet Virginia" by Train chp.25 gotcha Who are this young couple that walk together up No-View Alley, hand in hand, completely unmindful of the whoosing wind and the flocculent snow? They appear to be old friends, or perhaps new lovers- interestingly enough, in the Lashasa Palulu language, the two terms are rather similar.
Newly fallen snow lies several inches deep on the rooftops and sidewalks and lawns, a glistening and pristine white carpet that muffles their footsteps and turns their conversation to whispers, so that it is hard to tell what they are talking about. I am quite sure they are speaking utter nonsense to each other, but they appear to be having a very good time. They reach a house that looks like it needs to lean against the houses on either side of it for support against the wind.
"Why don't you come in? " Violent Hayes offers. "I"m sure my parents have gone to bed by now. We could have some hot cider and watch TV in the basement. " Violent Hayes, your eyes are gleaming in the moonlight. Ah, the young fellow is tempted. But he has learned a thing or two in his brief life that is not a life. "I would love to," he says, "but it's late, and as you said yourself, it would be hard for the evening to have been more fun.
So let's say goodbye now. " "Okay," she says. "Okay. " She hesitates. The moon discreetly hides its face behind some clouds. "John, will you kiss me goodnight? " "I'm not sure it's a good idea," I try to warn her. "I am a notorious nose biter. A lip nipper, and perhaps even a tongue chewer. " "Its a good idea," she says, closing her eyes and moving her head forward.
Violent Hayes, is this a kiss? It feels so soft and warm. I did not know that kisses came in this flavor. Ah, so this is why people like kissing. Now I see, now I see! "Good night, Violet. Here's your brother's jacket back. " "Good night, John. " ~An excerpt from Chapter 25 of the novel "You Don't Know Me" by David Klass 
