Lang CDs back, but, fuck it, she's not gonna have them. Nor her Polly Harveys." What's it like talking to her?" wondered Cath, afraid that her interes... might betray her own true feelings for Jayne. "You'n'her were real close. A real item. You'd been living together for years!" Well, she gets real blubbery on the phone. Still cries and everything. Like a fucking baby. She's a fucking embarrassment. I don't regret ditching her at all. And it's great having the flat to myself again. I can invite. Now I was on my way next door to Karen's to declare that I was going out with Paul.I could see that the boys were all here for practice and as I walked over Regina's mom Beth was dropping off Regina and Jessica. We all reached the door together and walked on in, knowing we were expected.I hugged Karen when we got to her at the entrance to the garage.She put up her finger to her mouth signaling silence.At that point I could hear the boys talking in the garage. Robert was going over the situation. ”“Tell her ‘yes’.”“Really?”“Yeah, sure. Why not? It was fun.”I called Joyce, and we confirmed our date for the coming Friday. I’d have to remember to check that the apartment was free that morning. Worst case, she could cook at my house, but that would put a real crimp in our other planned activity.My last call before being picked-up was to Mary. I was still uncomfortable with doing anything with her because of Ben and wanted to talk to her before Jennifer and Melanie tried to actually make. It was a tie-tac. He did not know what it was. "When you get dressed up someday this will hold your tie from flopping around. See, it goes through the tie and the little chain goes into a buttonhole. The stone in the middle of the Silver Star is a garnet gemstone. You were born in January and that is the birthstone for January." This was something that was too old for a child, but I hoped he would at some point treasure it."Matt, your mother's birthday is in the same month as yours. So she gets.