They would have pizza night, because he was going to fix this. Danny brought his food into the den, placed it on the coffee table and collapsed onto ...he sofa. When he pressed the remote, the TV came on to a movie about two people who hated each other, but were in love with their secret pen-pals, who turned out to be each other. Not his type of flick, but his mother had been watching it and he wanted to know what kind of romance worked for her. It was funny, but what captured his interest was. First song up was Simply Irresistible by Robert Palmer. I knew Mark had picked that one because I had danced to that years ago at the Number Ten Saloon in Deadwood South Dakota during a biker rally and had gotten a round of applause from the crowd.I started out by swinging around the pole once with my left leg bent and and my right toe just barely skimming the stage floor. Then I slowly unzipped my skirt and let it fall around my feet so I could kick it to the edge of the stage. I started. “Fine mom…” I said in annoyance.My parents opened the door and left leaving both Ava and I standing in our home alone for the first time in our lives.“This is so cool!! Thank goodness you didn’t get out of bed this morning.” Ava yells as soon as our parent are far from earshot.I grin sheepishly. “Haha yeah, you’re welcome.”“I am going to do some homework but you should shower stinky head.” Ava said mockingly.“Yeah…yeah Ava.” I said annoyed. I did not want to trade out my parents just to be. All anxiety left his body.There was no need anymore to find new holes and corners in theclaustrophobic maze his life had become. No exhausting urge to run leftand right like a trapped rat, bumping its snout against looming walls.There was just the here and now - a narrow ledge surrounded by nothing.His body started shaking, sweat almost bubbled from the pores in hisskin. But it felt good; it felt as if long gathered poison was pouringout. He was floating, it seemed; he felt like taking a.