" I turned the ignition off and followed her into the townhouse. Laura and her brother were minimalists. The living room had a small sofa and a TV sit...ing on an antique table nothing more. The dining room had a fancy finished picnic table, but it was still a picnic table. I found the coffee maker inside one of the almost empty cabinets. It was still in the box. Big surprise there, I thought."Okay where is the coffee?" I said it as I turned. I expected Laura to be anywhere except standing right. Toot para jese bhooka bacha maa kadoodh peeta haimain bhi us ka doodh peenay laga usay boht maza aarah tha kehnay lagi peeljiye sahib sara doodh munnaa to peeta nahi main kafi daer tak us ka doodh piy a phirr main nay us ki shalwar main haath daal diya aor us ki phuddi ko hath say masalna laga ab woh aor bhi garam ho gayi aor us ki sansein aor bhi taze hogaien main samajh gaya kay woh ab kafi hot ho chuki hai main nay ikjhatay say us ki shalwaar utaar di us nay neechay penti nahi pehni hoi thi. A detached part of Bobbie's mind went into BulletTime....Beth slowed mid chew....The soda can who shot was at the trash can by one of the football teamtwirled languidly through the air."Bobbie Sharpe, would you like to go to the Winter Ball with me?" Timasked, looking for all the world like he just killed the bear.Her stomach knotted, thoughts of cupcakes gone. She remembered 'you onlyhave to be bold for twenty seconds. A fluttery feeling ballooned in herbelly, festooned with a curious. With that, they looked a little relieved, but still not convinced their life wasn’t over. I asked if they knew where I lived, it is about three hundred meters down the beach, they said they did. I told them to get their shit together and meet me on the back deck of my place in fifteen minutes and we would ‘discuss’ this. I used an authoritative tone of voice which I’ve heard from a principle or angry teacher many times growing up. Inside I was laughing at myself but Dan and Tim weren’t.The two.