I took her hand and shook it. ‘We have a deal.’ ‘Well I have plans to go out with my friends tonight so the deal can start tomorrow.’ She che...kily said snatching her hand back out of my grasp. I sighed. ‘Fine, I will pick you up at nine.’ ‘Ok.’ With that she walked out of the room. As I left I heard her telling her manager she quit. This month is going to be a lot of fun, I thought. The next morning I rang the buzzer on Marie’s flat. There was no answer so I kept ringing and in the end I. Alex was the star quarterback of the Cougars and she'd been his bestfriend and neighbor for years. Always there to support him no matter whathappened. She'd watched while the prettiest girls in town captured hisattention and was there to comfort him when the romances ended. Shealways had his back and truth be told he had hers but he never saw her inthat way. At those times he'd say, quite truthfully, "Bobbi I don't knowwhat I'd do without you. You're the best friend a guy could have!"And that. The hair dryer was loud enough to keep Bethany quiet while I relaxed under her long brush strokes.When my hair was mostly dry, we headed out of the bathroom and skipped down the stairs. Mom was just coming through the garage door from work.“Hey, girls, we still on for pizza and a movie tonight?” Mom asked. Her good mood was infectious and blew away the last bits of regret I was hanging on to.“We sure are,” I answered for us both.Bethany nodded her agreement. “I brought over the sequel to that. After a while Benny said 'let's take a break and get something to drink. We went to the kitchen and Benny opened the refrigerator, to my surprise there was nothing in there but cans of beer. Benny said 'get your self one and I'll pop some pop corn,' I looked at him and said 'I never had beer before, is it like whiskey.' Benny looked at me and laughed and said 'no clown, beer is nothing like whiskey, unless you let it get hot, than it's nothing but whiskey. So don't get but one at a time and.