I’ll have to sneak it into the house, my mom doesn’t like me having that sort of stuff.”“Okay, well if you change your mind, just let me know....��“Sure,” he replied. We stopped on the corner, his house to the left, my house down the street on the right.“See you tomorrow?” I ventured.Brent hesitated. “I…..I guess.”---------------------“So,” said Leah, dumping her bag and sitting next to me cross-legged. “How’s your plan coming along?”“I thought you didn’t want to know about it?” I asked.“Well, I. ”“Really???? Thank Uncle. It is my hobby.”“Good that you are developing a taste like stars!!!!”“Wao………. Nice to hear that Uncle… Thank again. Kya bat hai aaj bahut meri tareef kar rahe ho?????” “Are no. It is a fact. I haven’t seen a girl in this city yet, like you are.”“Like me???? Like what????”“Like the self awareness and consciousness about fashion that you have. And you dress sense, its just unmatchable.”I kept coxing her and she took greater interest in hearing nice sweet things about. The cats came in from the woods. Isabelle and Piper hung out together. The four young adults, unnamed by us, came around when they ran out of mice and small dogs to eat. They weren't feral; we could pet them but they weren't PETS. Last winter, the Canadian Lynx half really showed up. They were bobcat colored but furred like the Canadian.Where have you been? Piper questioned.'We had to go home and brag, ' I thought.You did well in school?'We graduated, ' I thought, 'We have to go to the. She shook her head and turned back toward her bedroom.I put my arm around Kelly and held her. "What's wrong?" I..." she lifted her head and looked up at me. Her eyes were red. She'd been crying. "I shouldn't have come. It's silly." You should have come," I told her. "There's nothing silly, nothing wrong with needing a friend now and then."But it's stupid. It was just a dream."I nodded, though she couldn't see me, having buried her face in my chest again. I held her tightly and maneuvered her.