Make friends. Be a leader. Kiss butts if you have to, but if the other guys despise you-you know what I mean?
I'll have that someday, thought Peter. Someone who'll kiss me good-bye at the door. Or maybe just someone to put a blindfold over my head before they shoot me. Depending on how things turn out.
So you love me," said Petra softly when the kiss ended. I'm a raging mass of hormones thet I'm too young to understand," said Bean. "You're a female of a closely related species. According to all the best primatologists, I really have no choice." That's nice," she said.
I've had your tears with mine, and you've had mine with yours. I think that's more intimate even than a kiss.