” Going over to my computer, I fired it up. While waiting for it to load all it’s programs, I told her about her mother’s attitude.“Don’t be...too discouraged, Sweetie,” I finished. “Your mother is a very vindictive woman, but I am going to take care of you.” When the computer was ready, I downloaded the pictures from my cell phone to a new file and then pulled them up on the screen. Julie went into shock.“All my things,” she gasped, “all destroyed! Why?” She started to cry again. I got up and. He gave me some sort of a half hearted apology about being sorry that he drank so much and blacked out and that he didn't remember much of the evening. I fluffed it off and asked if he would like to come to my house for dinner Friday. He readily accepted. I told them that I would be inviting my friend Carol. I could see by the look in his eye he was thinking "threesome." I smiled knowingly and let him think what he wanted.On Friday Carol came by about 6:30. When Al got there at 7 everything was. ’ ‘OK, well … if you have an appointment.’ ‘OK. Um if you need to talk through some of those problems from class …’ ‘Yeah, sure. That might be good. And we could help each other prep for tests and things. Maybe get a group going? Give me your phone.’ He handed it to her and watched as she put herself into his contacts. He hoped she didn’t think he was a loser. He just had his Mom and his adviser’s secretary in his contacts, listed as ‘advsr secty’. No friends. He WAS a loser. She smiled and. .. Jays shorts. Deansmouth involuntarily fell open, and he looked down to find that Jay wasstanding in front of him with nothing on at all except the coolrefreshing water. Jays firm stare unexpectedly turned into a widegrin, and he threw the shorts onto a rock on the edge of the pool. "Iwas going to take them off anyway," he said, chuckling, and once againhe went under. Kevins eyes were sparking with energy and impish intent as his handswent below the waterline, to return almost immediately.