“Yes. Please!” Lauren stood and gathered her clothing and headed down the hallway to the bath.Peter stood and dressed, then went into the kitchen ...nd picked up the phone. He ordered a pepperoni and sausage pizza, then went down the hall towards the bathroom. He had intended to tell Lauren by yelling through the door, then smiled as a new plan came to mind. Silently he opened the door and slipped inside. He quickly gathered up her clothing, leaving only her high heels, and slipped back out,. The basement was in an L shape. I placed the pool table and Foosball table on the end where the stairs were. The TV was against the wall on the other end. This meant that anyone coming down the stairs couldn't see the couch or TV until they walked over to and around the corner."Hey uncle Brad!" Tracy called as she came around the corner through the crowd from the TV area."My god is the whole school here?" I asked."No just a few friends." She said with a giggle."Ok. Have fun, but everyone is out. Just like that?* Well no. I read a book for a bit, to distract myself, you know.Why?* Well, because I didn't want to, you know. Do that.Why not?* I told you already. It makes me feel guilty.It shouldn't. And.* Well, the book wasn't working, so I put it down, and curled up and went to sleep.What were you wearing?* What?In bed. PJs. Nightie. What?* Oh... nothing.Nothing?* Nope.You don't do that here.* I know. That's because you get in bed after me, and make me cold, if I don't wear something.Oh.. ’ ‘Mongrel? Are you a bad ass kid?’ ‘No. At Middle School kids shorten my name Thomas Curtis to Tom Cur and then a kid said cur was a dog so I had a fight with him. Kids pulled us apart and he said I had mongrel in me and that name stuck, all through school and through high school.’ ‘Well I don’t think Mongrel is an acceptable name for my nephew,’ Gina said, strolling on to the porch and leaning against a roof post and dressed in high cowgirl boots, her tightest jeans and a light-blue.