The phone rang, it was my neighbor and best friend Teresa, she is a very close friend of mine, living in the apartment next door to mines, and we usua...ly exchanged home keys, just in case of emergencies, she said her father was visiting her and she could not leave work now. She asked me if I would be kind enough to let him in her house using my key, prepare a drink for him and have him wait for her at her house, she had already called him and he knew she would not be home till late that. We shared the same interests; online RPG games, comics, movies, comicbased movies and table top war games.We entered registration and found Monique sat at our usual table."Hey guys," she chirped up when she saw us."Hey Neek," Dave and I said in unison.Monique was a cute girl. Especially in the school uniform. The girls wererequired to wear a white blouse, an emerald green plaid, pleated skirt,black shoes and an emerald green, ribbon bow tie. Up until recently theyhad been required to wear a. Teachers were being laid off all across the state. I applied at school districts all across the state but never even got an interview. After two months, I knew it was time to try something different. I started looking for a job as a secretary or receptionist. Since I wasn’t going to be a teacher and enjoy my summers off, I wanted something that would be easy and not be too stressful. I searched on-line for jobs in Houston, Dallas and Austin. I sent out lots of resumes but wasn’t getting much. You will have the twins and Joey in class, I know thatyou'll love that. You four are great together and will shine asstudents."Isaac came by frequently after work, telling them how much he wasstarting to hate working for one of the local news stations as atechnician. It was boring, hard work with little payoff but greatbenefits. All of his transition was paid for by his health insurance,which was his only reason for remaining with the station because of allof the anti-Finn and local political.