. I mean" He means you might think us terrible, might hate us," Mel quickly interjected."What do ya mean, I love you guys," I protested as I looked de...p into her eyes, then his, trying to convey my friendship. She slipped from the couch and embraced me, gave me a quick kiss, then lay against me as we both turned to Geoff.Still, for seconds he hesitated, then finally mumbled, "Mel's my sister."I thought I'd heard wrong at first, said "WHAT? Your sister? Who is?" He's my little brother," Melanie. I was absolutely convinced he'd make Cream O' Wheatout of me, pour me into cans and sell me at lunch. He was going tostomp me like T-Rex did that car in "Jurassic Park." But I would winthe moral victory, and maybe that would speed up my healing from withinthe oxygen tent and all during my long rehabilitation.One afternoon when anticipation was at its most fevered, Patrick showedup at my locker."'Sup, Ayumi?" he asked.I didn't want to talk to him. Sarah was standing behind me and she sortof. I felt like I had truly brought them closer together which gave me a sense of pride. Mom looked like she had quite a time as well. Her costume was all in disarray and her makeup was smeared like she had tears running down her face and her lipstick was simply a mess. She pulled me out of the room because it was almost time for the competition and for a change of costume. It turned out that whoever had the best couples costume that went together and looked the best each one a 5000 dollar gift. Kyom darati ho..bibijee.sab koi to karate hai yah kaam.wah mera daamya kulha pakad ke dabaaya..mera naram maamsal kulha..us ka khuradura kada haath..kaambeeneshan achcha tha. Pahale to sirf sahala raha tha,jab us ne dekha ki mai koi virodh nahi kar rahi hu to dabaane bhi laga. Mere kulhom ke maams ko daba kar laal kar diya kambakta ne.par mujhe lag bahut achcha raha tha. Mai apani baamh usake gale me daal kar lipat gayi. Aur apane mammom ko us ke seene me dab jaane di..kahi kuch ho gaya to badi.