Finally at the end of one pathbetween two buildings they arrived at a cluster of spindly trees growingalong the fence line that surrounded the facilit....Ells pulled a branch aside and gestured for Colleen to proceed. Shehesitated, certain that the only thing beyond the foliage was a chain linkfence at the edge of a 7-Eleven parking lot."Go on with ye'," Ells said in a mocking tone. "Isn't like I've all day tobe lollygagging about with you." Okay." She kicked off her heels and stooped to pass. I may have been a bit disappointed but I certainly was not going to jeopardize the good thing I had going with her and her mother by making an issue of it.Then there came the day Ellen said I could still be her friend but I could not be her boyfriend anymore. I was crushed and managed to pout and stay away from her house for three days. At that time I didn’t really understand how she could not be my girlfriend after all we had done? Her mother was not home when she told me the devastating news. Oh ... wait! They already are!I have mom’s treasure chest.When the sun began to settle behind the hills I lost interest in the foibles of teens and their mating dance. I got a comforter from the salon and curled up.I have my favorite book ... well ... construction plans ... Farr 3.7. I have my ruler and conversion tables ... Farr drew in feet and inches. New Zealand uses that perfidious French system ... METRIC ... O dark thirty came, the music was louder and more frenzied ... almost African. Ooh…Ssshhh … .Mai … . Gaaayyyiii …Re…Eeeeiiiii … Mmmmhhh … .Didi jhadgayi, aur uska badan dheela padgaya, uske mathe par se paseene ki bunde jharne ki tarah behne lagi. Uske dono hath aur pair do taraf khul gaye, par buttan choot chat ta raha, mano usse koi ras beh rah ho.Tabhi mujhe khel ke maidaan ki orr se shera ke awaz ane ki sunai dee, woh isi taraf araha tha, bol raha tha — — —are butta, kaha ho tumlog?Meri dhadkane tej hogayi, par ye dono to mano behre hi hogaye hai, dekha to didi waise.