I haven't seen you in a while,” I mentioned.“Hi, Roxanne. Is Travis home?” Alicia wondered.“Yes. Why, you wanna talk to him?” I pondered.“...o, I actually just wanna talk to you,” Alicia replied.I thought that was odd of course, but I didn't wanna be weird or anything like that. I didn't wanna give her any idea, that I knew about her and Scott. So, I invited her in, and took her to my room. I let Travis know what was going on.“Alicia wants to talk to me about something,” I said to Travis.“Really,. Despite the tragedy, something very good had come from it. I would morn my father’s death for some time, but with Naomi by my side, I knew I would get past it and be able to look forward to a brighter future. I only wished that he could be here to see my happiness.“Mom, can you and I talk? I have something I want to discuss with you,” I said as I found her in the kitchen.“Of course, Joel. Now’s as good a time as any. There’s just you and I here before the crowd arrives.”For the first time in a. I got into a discussion about the future of computing with a bloke called Bill (not Gates, at fourteen he was too young to come to the party, and anyway he lived too far away), and when I left him, I could not find Penny.Eventually, after ranging over the house, I saw her sitting on a sofa in the smaller of the back rooms, deep in conversation with a very good looking guy. The room was quite dark and she didn’t see me. However I could hear her and it seemed the guy was French and she was. After the games, all other classmates also started drinking but me and Priya were already high enough and she suddenly demanded a bike ride in the open roads. I generally wouldn’t prefer driving after drinking but somehow she convinced me. We both left the party one after another in such a way that nobody noticed us. She was waiting near my bike. We started off and soon reached highway. When on highway, I started driving fast and the air did its part on giving us an altogether different.