"Mom. How are you feeling?" I asked."I feel fine son." She replied."Good mom. Now could I see what you bought this morning?" I asked.Mom reached acros... the bed to the bags that she brought and pulled out several bras and five or six pair of panties. From what I could see, and not being too experienced in ladies underwear, they looked soft and lacy. One bra appeared to be made of a see through kind of material. The panties looked silky and I noticed one pair that sort of matched the see through. "You're still going with Jared to all of the dances and other things." Mother!" Cynthia sputtered. "We don't have social events at Claiborne, so someone can't really 'go' with someone." But if you were at the same school outside, you would." She smiled. "No, don't answer. You don't have to, I can see it in your face." Mothers," Cynthia muttered after hers had walked away."And we did have a play that we all attended," Shannon said. "Remember? Cinderella, Claiborne Style?" How could you forget,". "Then you pick one of yours and Les can back you up. What do you say, Posse?"They all looked at Cliff and he held up both hands."Hey, whatever the boss says," he grinned. "Honestly, no problem from my side. I've put up with Kylie pestering me for weeks, what's a few more minutes on stage? Besides, they really harmonize."Peter and Luke nodded their assent and Janet grinned at Kylie."So, Miss Superstar, you've got a song to dazzle Clearwater?"Leslie could see that Kylie swallowed nervously before. Monday we had our board meeting. Craig started the meeting and said, "Before we start the meeting, I want to thank Britt for wearing his Freedom Trucking t-shirt when he ran the Marine Corp marathon, since he ended up on the front page of the paper."He held up the Washington Post with a picture of the Woman's' winner and me right next to her.Everyone clapped, and Craig said, "It's too bad that he couldn't beat a girl. One of the things on the agenda this month is what to do with our favorite.