"Sometimes, you have to do things that you otherwise find distasteful in order to survive," Lydia said softly. "I don't know how many guys I've had to let feel me up just to keep the rumors at bay. It's a necessary evil I'm willing to put up with every so often."
That bright smile of Mandy's caught Lydia off-guard. It brightened the other girl's face so much that Lydia had the suddenly overwhelming desire to take her friend's face in her hands an kiss her, quite thoroughly, until Mandy didn't know her own name, much less why she'd been upset lately.