Relaxing, I finally take in a deep breath and look up at the sky. Spring, with its mercurial temper, is here. The sun is fighting heavy clouds and the...air is crisp yet heavy with moisture. I shiver. The day is undecided about its future and I know that I have risked being caught in a downpour if the grey marshmallows coalescing above the city begin to weep. Thankfully, it is just a few blocks to my destination. I skitter down the street past the familiar shops, weaving my way through the mass. "How come?" I asked."Oh, I just have a little something to take care of," she told me mysteriously. "It's nothing big." Fair enough," I replied, feeling mild curiosity at what that "little something" might be. But we talked no more on the subject.She came over to my house about an hour later than usual. Dad was already home by then so we did nothing but study and exchange kisses on the porch as she was leaving.As January wound onward Nina and I got together as much as we could. Usually it was. I turned quickly to hide the tear forming in my eye and shoved my pay inmy back pocket. I assumed she was paying me minimum like Wal-Mart firstoffered. I had worked 28 hours 4 hours a day and 8 on Saturday. So Ifigured I got just under 200.00 after taxes. 200.00 for me was a fortunesince I never had more than 50.00 at one time my whole life.When I finished stocking the books I thought I better put my pay in mywallet so I would not lose it. I open the envelope and in it I found560.00 in. She was soon followed, that morning, by a young girl called Denise and a young boy called Johnny. After that Vanessa Benson had joined in herself and taken all her clothes off too. Together all four became the first people to take advantage of the mayor’s initiative called The New Way.Once those three naked sixth graders were released for the morning break dozens of other students in that school began tossing off their clothes to join them. By the time Vanessa Benson had finished her morning’s.