Now I just let him get it out of his system. The last time, when all was said and done, he made the call and I got my credit card, which also saved hi... a lot of hassle down the road and was the only reason for the request in the first place. This was the first stage of several I knew he would go through before he'd finally acquiesce and work with me to make it happen. If this was anything like last time, there would be a token effort to talk me out of it before he caved, too.I glanced over at. So Kevin and I went to seeMr. Sutton who handles all the discipline issues and got royally chewedout and a week of after-school detention. As we were leaving his officehowever, Kevin and I looked at each other as we remembered the frogparts flying back and forth and we both smiled and I giggled a little.Man, I hope that Christine enjoyed her date last night. I don't knowwhat time she got in but she wasn't home when I went to bed around11:30. But she was sure paying for her date this morning.. She told me that she loved sharing our time together and thanked me for a great evening. Then she dropped a bombshell,“I’m leaving the job next Friday and heading back hometown to work with an institute. You’re the only one who knows, don’t say anything. I haven’t even told Tushar yet.”The song ended and I didn’t want to let her go. A faster song came on and we left the dance floor. And everyone was yelling and shouting I raised the toast and shouted, “To breaking rules, if not bending them a. “Steve!” Stephanie whispered. “You promised me my dance!”We went into the darkened room with the pool table and Stephanie cued up a tape with the volume low, just enough for us to hear. The Bee Gees’ How Deep Is Your Love started playing, and we pulled each other into a tight embrace and danced slowly to the music.“I love being in your arms, Big Brother. I’m going to miss this.”“Nothing says we can’t hug and cuddle, Squirt. Just nothing more than that.”“Can you handle that?” she asked.“Yes. Can.