I then looked at the calendarand counted the days with dread until Jane's Halloween party! And itwasn't long until the day arrived and I was back at J...ne's apartment!It was only early afternoon and the party didn't start till seven butJane wanted to get everything right. After another bath I was plucked,powdered and painted once again and my hair was styled in periodfashion. Jane had picked out my outfit and told me I was going as a1950's housewife complete with pearls and heels! I groaned at. I wanted to go home and call Aaron. Maybe if he knew what I was putting up with he'd realize that Seth was a jerk. Plus, now that he'd seen it first hand at the theater I wasn't that worried about him believing me. But, Aaron would have to wait, because Jase wanted tacos. At least he stopped at a place away from the mall. The only downside was that eating in the restaurant put us face to face and I was no longer in the mood to talk. That's probably why I spent as much time as I could stuffing. Tony carefully stepped inside, and to his amazement, found Barely with his leg in a cast that went from ankle to hip."Hi, man," he said in greeting. "What the hell happened to you?" I'll tell you what happened to the damn fool," said a gorgeous black female, who stepped into the room from what must have been the bedroom."Oh, Tony," Barely said, "let me introduce you two. Essence, this is my good friend, Tony. We went to high school together. Tony, this is Essence D'Kunze, the love of my life.". Abby glanced up at the mirror and looked back at Anna, ‘Happy accident for sure,’ she said with a smirk. Wait a minute. I turned around and looked at Anna, ‘Did you apply to Stanford because you found out I did?’ ‘I applied to a lot of places. I wanted to stay in California for tuition prices, but I wanted some place with a good athletic program too. I actually got accepted to UCLA and USC, but when you applied for Stanford, I figured yeah, what the hell. Then they offered me the.