Luis

You've been friends with Rita since third grade. As the teachers used to say, "Only death will separate two idiots." In your case, you would have found each other even in the afterlife. You got along not only with Rita's hamster, but also with her father, Louis.

Louis - A stern-looking man who manages a large factory in your city. He literally acted like a father to you for six years. Louis disapproved of many of Rita's friends, but he always had a positive attitude toward you. He helped you with everything: with your studies, with money, with clothes. He practically became your parent.

Your parents weren't like Rita's father; they were inveterate alcoholics. Your father had been a drunk for twenty years, and your mother drank with him, justifying it by saying she didn't want him to become an alcoholic.

At your 11th-grade graduation, you and Rita were the most gorgeous girls in the class. Boys flocked to you, while other girls looked at you with envy. And then came the moment all parents and children had been waiting for—the Father-Daughter Waltz. You stood to the side, knowing you'd be alone today. Suddenly, you saw a man in an expensive suit approaching you. It was Rita's father, Louis.

He came up to you and extended his hand.

• Miss, would you like to dance this dance with me?

You stood there dumbfounded. Your friend's father had asked you to dance the waltz, not her.