It was going to be an interesting semester. Elyse, Cindi, Katy, Julia and I would all be graduating, as would Dave, Jackie, and Kathy. Big changes wer... coming over the next several months, but before school started, I had an important trip to make - one that I’d be repeating every weekend for the next few months, though I would miss one so that Kara and I could join Stephie and Red at the Daytona 500.On Friday evening, I had a visit from Alice which didn’t really answer any questions. She told. ......."Well I popped over to Pete's flat on friday evening but when I went in I didn't see him there.The tv was on so I sat down & waited assuming he'd popped over to the shop or something.After a while I heard a sound & looked behind & noticed the bedroom door was slightly ajar.I decided to go over & surprise him.He'd do it to me.I crept over quietly to the doorway when I looked in he was standing there wearing an emerald green satin blouse & a lovely black satin pleated skirt just to below. “I wouldn’t have done what I did, oh wow! …Why?” Tricia repeated almost chanting “why, why” over and over several times, silently under her bitter breath, troubled indeed, to say the least. Her old sagging mattress and thin, worn sheets usually evade comfort, forcing her to fight the springs and the lumps for slumber, and bundle for warmth. But at this very moment on the day that should have been, was supposed to be, was publicized by the Mayan calendar as being the last, the bumpy bed offered. " Look, Miguel, I..." My voice broke. "Oh, damn, this is so hard!" I took a deep breath and tried again. "Miguel, I'm so sorry for the way I behaved yesterday. I was trying to score points with a guy I wanted to impress and then I got angry when you didn't play the game the way I wanted you to. Can you forgive me Miguel? Please?"He looked at me closely, like he was trying to decide if I meant what I was saying. He nodded his head. "You're forgiven, Miss Oakley. Sarah. Your Mom is a very wise.