Shirley was disappointed but said we would have plenty of time for kids later. We had started watching the calendar and it was working so far. The loc...ls all had their eyebrows raised thinking we had to get married. Even the priest went on and on about our pre-marital stuff. Shirley and I agreed it was none of his business and didn't confess any of it. Our folks always shushed folks quick with a better they get married than not. Lots of kids quit school because they have to get married. These. "Yes, I want something to come in my soul, I wasn't thinking about the same come as he was, and I was sitting on my soul, which was starting to get wet. " I'm a bit nervous at the moment so I'll just have a little drink to steady my nerves." I said. I got myself a good half class of Johnnie Walker and sat down opposite him. As I sat down I spilled a little on my leg, "Shit I'm so clumsy," wiping it up. "The Lord doesn't condone the use of bad language, you do believe there is a Lord, don't. Not to be outdone by my younger cousin, I took the same pose as her. We looked like two gunfighters, facing each other, ready to reach for our six-shooters at high noon.Slowly, she began to lower her filmy pink shorts, and I my black sport shorts. She let hers drop onto the garage floor and stepped out of them. I did the same, except I was so intent on staring directly between her legs, my sneaker caught on the waistband of my shorts, and I took a tumble. We both had a good laugh at my. You know, typical kid stuff. They didn’t say if the little men were elves or leprechauns or gnomes or fairies or what. They just called them “little men.” “I heard the little men last night.” “Little men were singing in the wall.” “I saw a little man in my closet.” Kids will be kids. You know how they are. They have no grasp of what is real and what isn’t. Remember when you were little and when you went to bed you used to worry about a hand reaching up and grabbing your arm in the dark? You.