- Блииин, а я уже с друзьями договорился встретить вместе!- Ну пусть приходят, я не б...�ду выходить из комнаты пока вы празднуете.- Ой, все. Щас позвоню им отменю встречу.Я встал с коробкой и быстро поковылял к себе в комнату.- Стоять! Это для кого подарок? Такая большая коробка!- Ну это для друга близкого…для Толика, он мне в прошлом году тоже сделал хороший подарок.- Дай посмотрю чо ты там ему приготовил…- Не, мам, подарок особенный и я не хочу чтобы кто нибудь увидел.- Ну дай хоть потрогаю и. “I’ll tell them, Mom.”“Okay. Everyone have fun for thirty minutes or so, but meet back here so we begin decorating for the party.”As they started out the door, led by Arlene, Diana pulled Ann aside. When the others were out of earshot, “I apologize for what you saw in the kitchen. Later today, I would like to talk to you about some things.”“Mrs. Matthews, you don’t have to apologize. I didn’t mean to interrupt. I know Arlene told you I’m still a virgin and my friends aren’t. That does not,. "How can I show you my panties if I'm not naked?" she asked, sounding genuinely confused."You can show them to me later," I said. "Go to sleep. You're drunk."Her head rolled back. "Not drunk," she said softly."I know." Don't go," she said."You need to sleep," I told her."Not alone," she mumbled. "Tired of alone."Had I not drunk any brandy, I'd have left. I'm not saying I was drunk, by any stretch of the imagination, and I'm not blaming it on the booze. It's just that, in my current mental. "Don't worry sweetie,you're every bit as pretty as any of those girls." Dad!" I screamed."What," he asked, seemingly confused. "I thought girls enjoyed beingcomplimented?" Girls might," I rolled my eyes. "But I'm not a girl, remember?"Dad looked at me for a second and then apologized. "Hey, I'm sorry,it's just that Carrie did such a great job that unless I think aboutit, it's easy to mistake you for a girl. If you and Carrie were thesame age, you could be twin sisters, you look just like she.