"What were the rules again?" I asked. Did Tony have rules? Tony neverwent out."No alcohol. No drugs. Be home by midnight," Dad said."Sure," I said. Da...n. I could've totally have used a drink."Also," my dad added, "if you ever end up in trouble. Just call us. We'llcome get you. No questions asked."I definitely got that lecture as Tony. Thankfully I never found myself introuble so I never took them up on that.Mom pulled me aside and whispered to me, "That thing we talked about afew weeks ago.. I was sure Jimmy was in his room with his light off waiting; I’d told him he had to be in and hidden no later than nine but I suspected he’d never left, he wanted to be there so he could listen to us and listen for his cue.We danced a couple of dances; my hands explored her as we danced. We sat to enjoy our drinks, within minutes we were entwined on the sofa.Coming up for air Marne was giggly, she pulled my hand, “Come on.”She took me to the bedroom. I closed the door.“God I’m having fun Hank,”. Service was fast, and about five minutes later, we all had our lunches. We ate and I listened to the girls chatter on about school, boys, and what they planned to do over the summer. I did talk a bit with Mrs. Ingles and learned she was a buyer for Sears, and was separated from her husband, a supervisor for the Streets and Sanitation Department.We finished our lunches, and headed back towards the cars. I was happy when Jeannette simply went to Mrs. Ingles’ car without a word when Marcia asked. I asked Jay what was wrong and he said he needed a beer. I called Seth to see if we could visit his dorm. He had just gotten back and invited us over for as many beers as we wanted. I suspected Jay would need a lot of beer to open up. When we got to Seth’s dorm, I went to his room and left my outer clothes. Jay remained fully dressed. Seth led us to one of the lounges and got out three beers. He and I were tighty whitey-clad bookends to Jay’s jeans and polo shirt. “I’m kind of uncomfortable.