Natalya Vasilyevna Antonova (Tasha)¶
Last updated through GM3 ch 43.
GM3 ch 43 (Nov 22, 1983): Brings Sasha to Holy Transfiguration for confession; narthex talk with Mike on guilt, virginity, and whether they should have slept together; will not name the baby's father; schedules Father Herman's evening call (~7:00pm) after Sasha tells Deacon Vasily (~5:30pm).
GM3 ch 42 (Nov 13–19, 1983): Nov 13 Blahnik Sunday sex — hears Mike's Kimiko faith fears; no confession while Father Herman would know. Clarissa learns via Tasha that Kimiko changed the «playing field» (regrets not sleeping with Mike sooner). Nov 19 Marie's — deliberately tells Sasha she and Mike finally had sex; will schedule Sasha's weekday confession before parents learn of pregnancy.
GM3 ch 41 (Nov 6–12, 1983): Escorts Sasha to McKinley clinic (Nov 12 11:00am pregnancy test); uses noon Frisch's lunch with Mike/Clarissa/Kimiko as cover; skips Saturday overnight with Mike; good phone talk with Clarissa; agrees with Mike on frank sex education for future children.
GM3 ch 40 (Nov 6, 1983): Sunday dinner — Deacon Vasily raises betrothal; Mike backs their post-graduation plan; she apologizes to her father at Mike's insistence; Yellen's outing with Sasha; confirms Dec 31 college-chapel wedding for Milena/Joel and Mike singing.
GM3 ch 39 (Oct 30–Nov 1, 1983): Columbus tea room/Chinese date — confides Sasha is pregnant (secret); asks Mike's medical judgment (pragmatic abortion vs keeping baby); adult teasing about threesomes/Clarissa baby plan; mutual «I love you»; schedules Sunday dinner in West Monroe (trades one McKinley visit). GM3 ch 37 (Oct 27, 1983): Mike reports she will relocate to McKinley within a year — Deacon Vasily secured pharmacy work at Emmerson's Drug Store and the Quick Mart upstairs apartment; post-18th happy adult relationship with Mike (no engagement); Matushka Alexandra suspects intimacy; Deacon Vasily keeps plausible deniability.
GM3 ch 21–26: Sept 3–4, 1983 — Marie's/Jackson Lake date; Mike refuses sex; verbally crushes Janey over Clarissa; Deacon Vasily approves a McKinley weekend (~two weeks, guest room at Doctor Blahnik's). Mike commits to intimacy without betrothal; plans Friday–Sunday visit (arrive ~4:00pm after school).
GM3 ch 27 (Sept 16, 1983): Arrives at Doctor Blahnik's; Matushka Alexandra expects intimacy; Mike takes her virginity after months on the Pill and library research (The Joy of Sex); oral (give/receive), bath, wine, cowgirl, and sixty-nine; insists Mike is her lover not boyfriend so he will not feel forced toward betrothal.
GM3 ch 28 (Sept 16–18, 1983): At Doctor Blahnik's she and Mike try anal sex and repeated lovemaking; exchange mutual «I love you» without betrothal fear; accept marriage is unlikely while staying friends/lovers until either finds a mate; she will not take another lover unless betrothed. Confession/Eucharist talk with Mike; plans Sunday-afternoon visits; departs Sept 18 (~7:30pm).
GM3 ch 29 (Sept 25, 1983): Doctor Blahnik Sunday — confronts Mike for implying their bond is only sex; forces him to see her adult «бабушка» authority; extended lovemaking; will tell Deacon Vasily they are not ready to marry (pharmacy technician job, community college, med-school distance); expects Matushka Alexandra to accept her choice.
GM3 ch 31 (Oct 1, 1983): Phone call — period skips next Sunday visit; expects Mike «very rested» the following weekend; will not date other men before graduation (father would object); mutual «I love you»; no secrets policy with Mike.
Born Aug 27, 1965 (turns 18 Aug 1983). Daughter of Deacon Vasily and Matushka Alexandra; older sister of Sasha. May 28, 1983: defies father's lockdown to go to Grant Park with Mike; long talk on synergy, Clarissa, and needing time to know Mike beyond «babies» talk; accepts idea of community college; Pizza Inn dinner and chaste French kisses; Vespers with Mike while Janey watches. June 2, 1983 — phone call sets June 11 Saturday visit (same-day return after Vespers). June 11, 1983: weekend visit framed as post-confrontation «third date» — diner chaste-kiss rules, Matushka Alexandra backs her freedom; still wants marriage-track love with Mike; Sasha (15) forbidden from Jake (18); hills drive, lunch with Angie, Vespers, soft goodbye kiss. July 9 — Kings Island coasters with Mike (he skips Vespers with priest's OK). July 16 — diner; July 27 18th-birthday dinner with Mike approved by Matushka Alexandra; plans pharmacy technician license then pharmacist degree. July 23 — phone call; allows Mike to date Angie but sets parity rule (anything with Angie must include Tasha); pharmacy tech test at 18; church visit planned next Sunday while Deacon Vasily serves at Cathedral. July 31, 1983 — Sunday Liturgy at Saint Michael; Russian tea room date with Mike (Angie rivalry eased; Katy Aug 5 dinner not a threat); discusses Clarissa's coming-out support trip, Jocelyn silence, betrothal vs Deacon Vasily's rules, and med-school/RA finances; Milton Lake chaste kiss. Aug 7, 1983 — birthday dinner with Mike (he does not stay overnight). Aug 21 — dinner at Doctor Blahnik's still scheduled (Aug 20). Aug 27, 1983 — 18th birthday: Vespers at Holy Transfiguration, then extended talk with Mike (pledge, other partners, June marriage odds); reveals she has taken the Pill for three months and wants Mike to be her first lover even if they never marry; shows him the pack as proof of intent. Birthday dinner at home; receives matching bracelet from Mike and a new car (key surprise; parked at church); Deacon Vasily and Matushka Alexandra bless post-graduation marriage discussion. Mike asks time to think and plans to consult Clarissa; leaves for McKinley after chaste goodnight kisses.