That is, I liked the dinner and not having to washthe dishes afterwards, but I wasn't wild about June's daughterChristine. Now, Christine was in the s...me grade I was in high school soI knew who she was but she was always, well, kind of "stuck up" -hanging around with a group of girls that thought they were sort of theupper class at school and better than everyone else. And she acted thesame way whenever she came over to our house with June. She'd come inwith this really bored look on her face. “Hey Jimmy,” I greeted him.Jimmy turned and looked me up and down. His eyes were bloodshot and I could tell he was already drunk. “Hey, Kelly,” he said flippantly and then turned around ignoring me. I was embarrassed and slightly shocked. He was my friend yet he couldn’t have greeted me any less friendly.Mortified and now lacking confidence, I walked over to the bar and sat by myself, looking for Court and a strong shot. Her coworker Emily came over to serve me. “Where is Courtney?”“Her. His skin was mocha-coloured, his head covered in dark, soft curls. He wasn’t classically handsome, but his cheekbones and full lips fascinated me. That night, our floor gathered in the kitchen for a drinking session. I only had a couple of drinks, but it doesn’t take much to get me drunk. Will and I ended up sitting next to each other, his hand on my knee under the table as we drank and smoked, and it wasn’t long before I was resting my head on his shoulder. As the night went on, Will got his. " Please don't say anything, I'd rather just keep my head down." Susan nodded at my request, but I could see she was unhappy. "Look I'm happy that you know; as long as you know the truth, I can put up with all the rest." I slumped back onto the stretcher; the evening was taking its toll. What was I going to do now that she was at college? Oh well perhaps this was the last time, ten was a nice even number after all, wasn't it?This was definitely no fun whatsoever.The blackness surrounded me.
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