He sighed at the thought that he would spend most of the day going through his bills despite the fact that there weren’t many bills. He had his mort...age, his food, his gasoline, the utilities, and car insurance. He still didn’t have a phone, health insurance, or cable. Considering Abby’s little bombshell about quitting her job, he had a feeling that they wouldn’t have electricity for much longer. He looked down at his clothes thinking that they were starting to look worn.Jack took a sip of his. I would lose everything once again. Still, I did try to make the best of my situation and new life,at least as much as I could considering the circumstances. I was young,healthy and single again, and school was much easier this time than thefirst. However, there were a lot of limits on what a teenager could do,not to mention the ever present specter of New Years in the future. And that led to where I was at the moment. It was New Years Evenand I was a 17 year old boy with a bit of an acne. “Want some more,” he inquired picking up the bottle of Hennessy.“Sure!”The two young men had met while students at small historically Black college in rural Alabama. D’Lon came from Atlanta. He was a whiz and earned a full scholarship. Adrion grew up in another small Alabama town. He was also smart and a baseball player. He earned partial academic and athletic scholarships. They met during freshman orientation and solidified their friendship in their shared intro to computer science class the. . so fair, solight ... so different. And so BLONDE! It fell in these awesome wavesdown past my shoulders, and framed my face with the prettiest curls.And with her expert makeup I looked just like a movie star. "What doyou think?" she asked."Uh, I'm kind of speechless," I answered. "It's ... gorgeous!" I think you're going to have a lot of fun with that hair," Karen saidproudly.The way I looked, I'd be the last girl on earth to disagree.*****Everyone soon got over the shock of seeing the new.