Carol. Just call me Rosie, OK? I have a feeling we’re going to be seeing a lot of each other.”Linda and her sister came back out and I gave each o... them a hug, and Linda walked me out to my car, giving me a big hug before I headed on home.Monday during lunch I asked Holly if she could come over to my house after school. She said of course, and only then did she ask me what for.That I have learned over the years is what a real friend does. A lot of people will ask what for, and only then decide. Mid-February still had plenty of cold and nasty weather left in it, and that meant Cindy was a cute bundle. I brought with me the fixings for a gumbo, because Ann swore she was going to learn to cook one and the explanations in her library of recipe books were not up to the task.A good gumbo is at least a half a day in preparation, including the simmering time, so after sandwiches for lunch, we retired to the kitchen and Cindy and Jim sat at the bar between their kitchen and dining room and. My knees almost buckled, and I grabbed the edge of the sink, so I didn'tfall.I shut my eyes.I wasn't a smoker, I told myself. That cigarette had gone right to myhead. I was seeing things that weren't happening.The warmth in my chest began going deeper.I opened my eyes again.The flesh around and behind my nipples was starting to swell. It puffedand stretched and grew, darkening as it did, from fishbelly white to deeppink, to olive, to brown."Oh, N'Kumba," I said. "N'Kumba, you Trickster."My. But I’m sure we can give you a taste of what you want.’ I’m so excited to leave the store and get my spanking but we take forever cashing out. But while I’m walking ahead of Dee, I gasp in surprise when the belt makes contact with my ass. The sting bites through my jeans but it only makes the ache between my legs worse. Once we leave the store I’m ready to jump him right in the middle of the parking lot. But Dee smacks my ass again and tells me to get in the car. At the movie theater I lean in.