The first stroke landed, right across the middle of both cheeks "AAAHHHH!", I cried out. The pain was a shock and my body jolted into the air. Obvious...y being strapped into position, I couldn't move very far... "1 Miss"A beautiful red line started appearing on my bare flesh, immediately catching the attention of all the Ladies in the room.THHHWWWIIICCCKKK... "AAAHHHH!", the second stroke was lower than the first and caught me on the underside of my bottom... "2 Miss"I started to sob a little, I. Classmates were happy that Sid and Jenny were back together. Walking hand in hand and sharing lunch as they'd done in their junior year. It was the quintessential match.The lead cheerleader cheered even harder on Friday night when their beloved Rams tangled with the Eastern Hills Bears. Sid had a career game and threw pass after pass into Ronnie Sample's zone. There were no statistics about how many of his twenty completions were in front of, beside and behind the 'kiss and tell' linebacker,. I said to my sis baji hum log bi kahi bahar jayenge na 5 days ke liye. Baji ne kaha ke agar ammi aur abbu ko pata chalgaya toh gussa karenge. Maine kaha k baji who log ko nahi pata chalega, apan chup chap jakar aajayenge. Toh baji ne kaha k pehle kaho k kaha jayenge? Maine baji ko kaha k baji apan goa jayenge bohat maza aayega. Baji ne kaha thik hai par kisi ko bi pata nahi chalna chahiye. Maine bohat khush hogaya k yehi chance hai baji ko khoob choodne ka. Aur baji ko ek zor se hug kiya, baji. I reflexively pulled my hair back from my face and behind my ears.“Cribbage?” I offered.“I don’t know how to play,” Renée interjected, “Crazy 8’s OK?”“Yeah, that’ll work.”“What rules are we using?” Suzi asked.“What’d you mean?” I asked as I started dealing out eight cards to each of us.“This game is different no matter who you play it with,” Suzi sighed, “So let’s get all the rules out right now. Once we play, no changes.”“OK, no countdown. Winner is the first one with an empty hand,” I spoke a.