Clarissa Saunders

Last updated through GM11 ch 40.

Mike's nicknames for her: Lissa and Svetlana Yakovovna (teasing Russian pet name); she calls him Petrovich.

Mike's closest friend and study partner; dating Glenda Hartley (May 21 date night while Mike dines at Blahniks' with Kristin). May 14, 1983: urges Mike to end Janey, keep dating marriage-minded girls, use her bed platonically; rebukes his fear of disappointing her. May 17: consoles him after Sandy's «cheating liar» remark; kiss on request. May 27: post-Latin cuddling and French kiss goodbye; Summer visit and Fourth of July weekend planned; August Sylvania dates TBD. June 1 & 9, 1983 — weekly phone calls with Mike (home drama, Milena, Angie, med-school housing); Glenda leaves for France June 2. June 21 call — Fourth visit July 1–3 at Blahnik house; Becky/Nancy dynamics. July 1–3, 1983 — stays with Mike at Doctor Blahnik's; French kisses and spooning boundaries; Kobayashi Maru talk; July 2 rebukes Mike's overprotection (Jocelyn, Katy, baby steps); July 3 openness ground rules and chaste «good night» after Vespers. July 4 — Milton Lake with Mike (picnic/fireworks); walks on Maggie/Mindy/Tasha parallels; Sylvania visit Aug 18 set. July 10 — phone call; Glenda touring Europe; ends Mike's premarital-sex guilt («глупец»); Saturday call after Maggie date. July 23 — advises Mike to call Tasha about Angie honestly; promises Clarissa/Mike bond must be understood by whoever he marries; Sylvania in three weeks. Same evening — post-Angie fallout call; Zeno/Atalanta metaphor; «говнюк» if Mike beds Angie now; praises his decisiveness vs a year ago. Aug 19–20, 1983 (Sylvania) — Mike stays for coming-out support; tells parents she is a lesbian and dating Glenda; Mr. and Mrs. Saunders reject her; she leaves home with Mike (college funds in her name). Shelters at Doctor Blahnik's through the week before Taft; Risky Business date Aug 19; Doctor Blahnik notifies parents (Mr. Saunders threatens to report her to «authorities»).

Aug 22–25, 1983 — Moves into Mike's dorm room 800; argues Maggie must control her own body vs her father; mutual shower/nudity (Aug 25) confirms she is lesbian, not bisexual; urges Mike toward Kimiko despite faith differences; open to visiting medical schools outside Ohio with Mike. Aug 26–27, 1983 — Teases Mike about Rebekah/Kimiko; José jam night; deflects escalating dares with Mike; chaste spooning in panties; Glenda returns Aug 27; Mike leaves for Tasha's birthday after lunch. Aug 27 (evening) — Deacon Vasily invites her to Sunday dinner at Antonovs when Mike serves Vespers; Tasha expects Mike to seek her advice on Tasha's sex request; hangs out in Mike's room with Glenda, Robby, Lee, and Kristin before bed.

GM3 ch 21–26 (Aug 28–Sept 11, 1983): Co-conspirator on Jocelyn intervention (Dale/Liz); learns Russian insults from Doctor Blahnik; drives Tasha on Sept 3 date; presses Mike to resolve Tasha as adults. Sept 4 — conditional engagement roadmap (fix Tasha first; Mike asks her to make love within a year before any ring). Regular Saint Michael church with Mike; pushes Kimiko as safe date; teases about Tasha weekend ahead.

GM3 ch 27 (Sept 16, 1983): Wagers Mike Tasha will not restrain herself; Coke-bottle joke deflected; agrees future Mike/Clarissa sex must mean full mutual bond or it will not work.

GM3 ch 29 (Sept 25, 1983): After Tasha afternoon — frames Mike/Tasha as his first adult romance; reads Jocelyn Polaroids; argues partnership/consensus marriage (lesbian long-term reality); insists Mike resolve their situation before permanent plans with anyone else; Mike promises they stay together one way or another.

GM3 ch 30 (Sept 30, 1983): Answers Doctor Herbers on Friday-the-13th bias; double date chaperone with Glenda for Mike/Kimiko; urges Mike to debate campus «Reverend Jim».

GM3 ch 31 (Oct 1, 1983): Saturday breakfast with Mike/Sandy; nudges Mike about Angie's church ride; debriefs Angie ultimatum — backs Mike's slow path with Kimiko («one day at a time»).

GM3 ch 34 (Oct 11–14, 1983): Oct 11 couch — parents' rejection letter, Glenda «like her to death», teases Mike about Kimiko; affirms platonic love for him. Oct 14 — breakfast alibi (~7:00am); witnesses Detective Tremaine interview; urges Mike Angie owns her choices; saved cafeteria seat for Glenda.

GM3 ch 35 (Oct 14–15, 1983): Long Kimiko/faith/Eucharist talk with Mike (nous, worship over Sunday School); declines Teri's orgy tease — names Clarissa/Mike bond above casual sex; Vespers with Mike; party in room 800.

GM3 ch 37 (Oct 27, 1983): Debriefs Liz/Hannah virginity request and Angie worst-case outcomes if Mike had complied; Mike's Maggie classroom visit; affirms sexual exclusivity with Glenda but refuses to give up deep intimacy with Mike; teases Tasha/Maggie/Mindy all moving to McKinley within a year.

GM3 ch 38 (Oct 29, 1983): Breakfast with Mike/Kimiko — shocked Japan bans birth-control Pills; defends herself when Mike teases Glenda; notes mutual teasing is normal for them but not Japanese public custom.

GM3 ch 39 (Nov 1, 1983): Mike confides Sasha's pregnancy (must tell Tasha he told her); debates abortion pragmatism vs Mike's conscience; hears Mike/Tasha are at «maybe marry» and that he teased sharing her — reaffirms Glenda fidelity blocks their experiment.

GM3 ch 42 (Nov 13–19, 1983): Kimiko culture/sex openness (Nov 17); Nov 18 presses Mike on conversion-of-convenience parity (self, Maggie, Angie) and Glenda Catch-22; traded Tasha intel (Mike/Kimiko wildcard); pajama-bottoms-only overnight in Mike's bed. Nov 19 West Monroe — Liz room/rollaway; Marie's Sasha dinner (pro-abortion stance vs Mike/Tasha); Russian banter with Rachel/Liz.

GM3 ch 43 (Nov 19–22, 1983): Continues abortion-conscience debate with Mike after Marie's; at Columbus Cathedral with Kimiko/Mike; debriefs bishop rebuke on drive home; patio banter while Mike waits for Sasha's evening reveal.

GM3 ch 41 (Nov 6–12, 1983): Phones Tasha for emotional support (Nov 7); Frisch's lunch with Mike/Kimiko/Tasha/Sasha; parents still send allowance check only; Mike affirms she need not «back off» — close to testing their long-discussed intimacy theory while Glenda affair runs its course.

GM11 ch 36 (Apr 23, 1993): Pregnant with Aleksandr Mikhailovich; covers Mike's Friday medical-school class during his two-week vacation; warm hospital breakfast goodbye with Mike (Petrovich / Lissa).

• Source: FM Journal 010 (~1984-03-31): Milford session with Fran after sex with Mike; lesbian identity vs soulmate feelings; may repeat to test orientation.