"We're taking it slow. You don't want me marrying the wrong guy." So what do you want me to tell, Mama?" What I just told you." She wants to know when...you're getting married." I know, Papa, but I don't want to rush into things." Welcome, Carter." He puts his hand out.This time I reply to his hand with a manlier handshake.Her mother interrogates ... interviews us not long after that."So have you set a date?" she asks."For what?" I say.Maria knows what she's talking about. "We're just dating,. The other drawback is that the buildings are very close together. The building adjacent to mine is less than fifteen feet away. On top of that, the apartment directly opposite from me, because of poor development planning, has its bedroom windows falcing mine.Fulfilling one of my lifelong fantasies began last Tuesday evening. Coming into my bedroom, with only a towel wrapped around me after a shower, I saw a guy looking out the window from the unit directly across from mine.Averting my eyes to. ” She looked down, away from me for a few moments, before looking at me again. “I was apprehensive about giving you such a thing. I’m your mother, it wouldn’t be right. But you’re my baby, and I don’t want to make you upset, not on such a special birthday.”She shook her head for a bit then looked at me again. “I didn’t tell anyone, except Anna, what you had asked me for. I told her I was apprehensive about it, but I did consider granting your wish.” I gasped in shock as she said this. She had. Towards the end of the summer, my parents called me on my cell. My mother and father were a little upset that I hadn't been home to see them all summer. Somewhat reluctantly, I agreed to return home for the last month of break.Katie was obviously upset at the prospect of us being separated. And Janet didn't look very thrilled either. But they both tried to hide their disappointment well. I just wondered how I was going to be able to sleep at night without Katie snuggling up next to me. And, I.