Mary put her hands on her hips and did a little cabaret dance. "Will you take this fine young lass to India" sang Mary in a singsong voice. ... "Oh Bloody hell, now is not the time to discuss that," said Daniel, standing up. "Then off, off I go, and good luck getting into the knickers of your virgin nurse," sang Mary. "Fuck it, alright. I'll get you aboard, I'll say you're my fianc?" said Daniel. Mary took the cap off her head and held it over her bush, swinging. He understood why it was missing, of course -- his father had lost his job a few months earlier. They promised Roger that once the bills were caught up again, his GameCube was the first thing they'd buy, maybe for his 14th birthday, coming up in March.Still in all, it wasn't the lack of cool gifts that had him down in the dumps nearly a week after Christmas. It was the fact that his Uncle Ted hadn't visited this year. Roger loved his uncle, and aspired someday to even BE him, if it was at all. "Okay, okay, I said we'd get lunch, didn't I?" Hannah brushed him off playfully as well. "Behave yourself, or you don't get a fortune cookie."Only seconds later, the bell rang, signaling there were only a few more minutes to get to class. Giving Hannah a goodbye hug, Tyler told her to meet him at the front doors at lunchtime. Saying goodbye to the rest of his buddies with a manly handshake, he left for his first period. While walking down the hall, Luis, one of the Mexican kids, was stuck in. "Mallory!" I called out, spotting her during the extended break between second and third period. The school schedule gave us twenty minutes to get to class instead of the normal ten so students had time to get a snack if we wanted.Mallory waited for me."I have something for you." I reached into my backpack and pulled out a bag."What is it?" she asked.I took out the compact, showed it to her, and put it back in the bag. I showed her the make-up Brianna chose also."It's for you," I said."Me?".