We fumbled on some of our transitions,” I said meekly.“You know, Charles,” my best buddy remarked, “I’m getting excited about the Summer Mem...ries dance. I was scared shitless when we were first asked by the girls, but now.”“BRIAN!” his mother projected from the front seat, “Language!?”“Sorry Mom,” he responded.As I got out, I turned and said, “Bye, Flemings.”Mom was sitting on the sofa, knitting and watching TV. Yep, that’s how she relaxes, by knitting, unless she is cooking.“Hello,. ”So she gave her cherry to this guy. He was tall, dark, and handsome. I extended my hand and said, “Gland to meet you Skip.”“Glad to meet you Carly. Bruce said you are a classmate of his at State,” “Yeah, I think I better go get dressed,” I said as I turned to go.“Wait Carly, let me tell you what Bruce and I have planned,” Marty said. I stopped to listen and she continued, “We stopped to talk to Skip on the way home. Told him what we been doing and that we were short one guy. If you. Genau genommen ist Alec nur ein Spitzname, den mir meine englischsprachigen Freunde gegeben hatten, weil sie Probleme bei der Aussprache meines wirklichen Namens hatten. Aber er hat sich inzwischen irgendwie festgesetzt, also - das bin ich. Ich bin eins dreiundachzig groß schlank, habe dunkle, kurze Haare und grau-blaue Augen. Meinen Lebensunterhalt verdiene ich in diversen Jobs - ich konnte mich noch nie so richtig entscheiden - aus der IT- und Finanzbranche und mit Schreiberei.Personen, die. “Umm… You’re not wearing a shirt” she told me.Oh my god! I forgot to put on a shirt! This was awkward, she probably thought I was trying to act all macho to impress her. “Oh shit! Sorry, I can go put one on” “No, it’s fine” she said. Her eye’s drifted over my torso.We turned the lights on and sat down on the stairs and began to talk about our lives. There wasn’t much light but I could see her hand moving towards mine. I moved my hand over onto hers. She didn’t object, so I started to.