Heather watched out the window, as it poured. It was hot and humid, and with the rain, no one wanted to go out, and the pool wasn't an option. Mom was...at work, and it looked like it was going to be one of those days. Mom was working a double, and there was nothing on television. I flipped the channels but it was infomercial after infomercial. I've never understood, how, during summer break none the less, all the normal television channels air nothing but infomercials. I finally stopped on Jerry. Jay attended meeting after meeting that afternoon, and had chalked the day up to a loss as he walked into his last meeting of the day at 4:00. He wasn't even sure why he was in this meeting because it had nothing to do with the networks that connected all of the branches to the corporate headquarters. During the meeting he received a text from Sarah. She explained that the dress didn't need dry cleaning. Jay said he still felt bad and offered dinner as payment instead. Sarah agreed to a steak. I was 16. She was a cutie, and later became absolutely stunning, but nine? Don't think so.And then there was the thing about going to a single-sex school. A Catholic school, at that. Colegio del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús. Sacred Heart of Jesus High School. I'm from California, been in coed schools since kindergarten. Hell, since pre-school. What is this deal with guys only?Ah, but after awhile I found out. Sure, it's guys only, but guess what? Guys have sisters. OK, call me slow, but it took me. Another year went by, and we still were no closer to solving our technical problems than when we started. The Char gradually pulled more of our team away to other projects. They offered to transfer me three different times, but I knew how important this project was to our continued survival and truly believed that we could eventually make it work.After five straight years of producing no tangible results, our team was officially disbanded. I implored the Char to allow me to continue on my own,.