Once upon a time, I had a fiancé. His name was BJ. We had just moved to Arizona so both of us could go to college. So one day, my soon-to-be best friend Darkside met my fiancé.

Now, BJ was 6'2", weighed at least 180 if not more, and was stronger than I was. (I'm evidently as strong as many men.) Darkside is a very thin computer/gaming geek, the sort that looks like he could do with being given a good square meal. Darkside is 5'7". I can lift him easily, and he claims that I am stronger than he is.

BJ mentioned something about Darkside, and casually referred to his height. I queried, and found that BJ had been left with the impression that Darkside was taller than BJ was...


Darkside's a very quiet man if he's among people he doesn't know. He also has a habit of protecting himself and his. Evidently I was enough 'his' already, on that day over two years ago, that he bluffed BJ...