The move went without a hitch. Her dads company hired amover to pack everything into a truck and they evenunpacked on the other end. Catherine had to ...eave herfriends and her school behind. She was sad to leave butexcited to have a significant change in her life.The old house was a condo in the city. Lots of noise andlots of people. The house that her mother fell in lovewith was out of town on a ten acre plot. There was a barnwith stables that were rented to people with horses andno place to. But the same comment boards and high school friends said the exact same things about Guatemalans and Mexicans and other people coming up from the down below. And all the Guatemalans and Mexicans Laurie knew were without exception kind, hard-working, family-minded, decent people. The messages imbibed from the media were just lies. And if the media were lying about brown people, they were lying about black people, too. She just knew it—(****d by a goddamned fucking NI–)(Stop. STOP.)It didn’t. Both of them wanted something to happen but had no clue about the next step. Tommy began to pet her breasts. Her light cotton dress did not protect her very much from his caresses. In no time her nipples puffed up. They were nice and hard. They needed to be set free. Nancy stepped away and pulled the dress over her head. Seconds later Tommy began to take his shirt and pants off. Clumsily they both took their shoes off last.No words said they began to hug again. This time they felt the sweat. Kind of like that “Butterfly Wing” thing. Know what I mean? Now, what happened in that great fucking year was the culmination of two years of unrelated events, or so they seemed at the time.I graduated college and the only job I could get was at Summersville High School. They needed a basketball coach and no one would touch the job with a ten foot pole. In my third year we were contending. Our biggest win came against Westside. That was a Tuesday night and that Friday we were going to play.
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