‘You’re so stupid!’ I laughed and I pushed him sideways. He pushed me back, we were laughing so hard shoving each other. I shoved him so hard he...fell to the floor and lay there giggling. Before I knew it he had pulled me down with him and we were lying there struggling to breathe with laughter! After taking a moment to catch our breaths back we were surrounded with silence. Joseph turned to me and smiled, and I smiled back – it was a special moment. I’d never realised how special he made me. Tommy loved to hear them yell and beg. He seldom took less than an hour to satisfy himself, and he almost never had the same girl twice.Then he spotted a pretty little girl at lunchtime and went and sat with her, looking for another conquest. He put is tray down beside hers and said, “Hi, I’m Tom...”“I know who you are,” she said, shaking his hand, “I saw your picture in the paper. I’m Nancy South, and we just moved here last week.”“Well, welcome to Riverdale. You make the place a lot prettier.. She paused to lean up against a table, remove her left high heel, and massage her foot. ‘I’m a little unsteady. Remind me again why we wore these.’ The rest of their attire was casual: jeans, jackets, and cotton blouses- the latter two items black for Emily and red for Anne. ‘It was your idea, Annie,’ Emily reminded her, not wanting to mention it had played right into her hands. Walking all evening in the heels and then dancing in them had gotten her friend worn out. Me too, Emily thought, but. He stepped back a little to allow her to move out of the rain.“Please remove your helmet?”“Oh sure,” said a muffled voice. “Sorry I was just getting to it, with this weather I tend to keep it on.”“I assume you’re some kind of messenger, not a masked assassin.”The helmet came off and a cascade of ginger blond hair flowed out.“Sorry,” said a now distinctly female voice, “I saw your porch and thought I’d wait till I was in the dry.”Anthony grinned. “I guess you had no way of knowing if anyone was.