"I can't really think of anything." And have there been times I have refused to do something for you or Greg?" I asked.She laughed out loud."Dozens," ...he said, "possibly bordering on hundreds. I guess I should have known. But why didn't you say anything to her?" What do you think that poem was about?" I asked her."Oh, shit," she said and covered her mouth. "You asked her to go out with you. She said yes and then went out with someone else."Her eyes went wide as she replayed the lyrics in her. My Mom considered this before responding cautiously, “Probably, but it would come with strings attached.”“Strings attached?” I asked.“Yes, she must always be in control. That is one of the reasons she doesn’t keep men for long periods of time.”“What would Ellie say if she knew what we did?” I asked, trying to understand their relationship better.“I don’t know. But I am sure she would use it in some way to lure me back into her web of submission,” Mom said, her eyes showing a trepidation I. Her voice animated, she was reaching the end of an anecdote, and she threw her head back and laughed, Hermione and Ginny joining in.A small group of first years occupied their table in the corner, puzzling over what to write for their history essay - twelve inches of parchment on the Great Congress of 1627 - wondering if Professor Binns would notice if they copied out of an old textbook. Nearby, Crookshanks was playing with a mouse she'd caught, letting the poor creature almost escape over and. " At that she turned, went into the house and subtly locked the door behind her.I was stuck on the porch with a REAL need to pee NOW! She was gone so long that Mr. Reynolds went back to his house, but sat on his porch overlooking ours. He had peeped into our bedroom window so many times before that we had become accustom to his harmless peeping. I am quite certain that Mitzi was actually excited by it and I can't honestly say that I wasn't. Neither one of us ever bothered to close the blinds as.