On Fri, 9 Jul 1999, Jason Liao wrote:

	As you've been reading the last few chapters, you may have come 
to the conclusion that I was awfully selfish.

Oh, so Ranko's writing for a general audience?  I haven't read this in a
while, so maybe she is, and I've forgotten.

Yep.  She's writing the story of her life.

	I asked Kasumi about some of it, but she hadn't really 
experienced much dating herself, and her mother had died before she could 
get much advice.  I wished my mother was available.

Ranko:	Hey, mom?  How do you think I should act?

Spring:	*bubble*

Ranko:	Bubbly?  Okay!

Well, the spring is her parent in one sense, but she means Mrs. Saotome.

about the subject; I was still working through the Tendou sisters' 
collection of romance novels.	And they'd taught me it was important to 
find out a boy's interests so you could talk about them with him.

Ah, yes.  Romance novels, highly accurate reference works.

Depends on what you're referencing them for....

	Our hands brushed as we left the restaurant, and I felt a little 
excited.  More excited, I should say.

Oh dear.

Don't worry.  This isn't going to turn into a lemon.

	I whispered back, "Just remember, this is my date, not yours.  No 
draining his pocketbook."
	Nabiki feigned a look of horror.  "Moi?  You wound me."

Notice that she never agreed.

so noted.

Comments?

Yes.  More?  ^_^

Quite possibly.


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