They talkedabout the kiss, Swap Week, and how well Nicole was doing as a girl.Nicole's dad told them that he was looking forward to watching her cheer...t the basketball and football games and that he had been approved toleave work an hour early those days so he could make it on time."I remember performing during the halftime shows when I was on the danceteam my sophomore year," he said, "you might be a bit nervous at first,but remember everyone is just there to have a good time. No one. I had my suspicions that my big-lipped bed partner was not really from that confused country because she sometimes slipped into a way down south mode of speech when she was angry or upset. It sounded more like Mississippi bayou country than the European original version of the musical language.She was leaning back in the sudsy water keeping her curls out of the water and smoking one of those Mexican cigars that tended to make one feel like they were walking on a cloud.Shortly before she had. For a while, the main topic was the fire at Old Man Kenney's place; then Uncle Jack spoke up, telling them about my idea for stacking hay. I'd completely forgotten what he'd said about telling the other farmers, so it caught me completely by surprise, and embarrassed the hell out of me. But he went on to tell them what we'd done, and how he figured it was going to help. When they asked, he admitted easily enough that the hay took up a little more space, but added that he figured that was better. Before he finished writing his name, his classmate from behind, gives hima small blow on his back, this makes John turn a little to see what hewanted when he sees hers hand extend giving him two pieces of paper, hersand the one with the last girl in the line, the one who sat behind her wasa very pretty girl too, long and flowing hair, straight, big eyes and itlooked like she had badges on her cheeks, the last girl in the line wassomething Chubby, short hair with a bob cut, she was not pretty.