I guess that would be okay; if Sven doesn't mind." I looked at him anxiously."No, that'll be fine," he said as he gave me a conspiratorial wink. I kne... that Sven was aware that this was going to be the state of my living arrangements. Even as grumpy as Uncle Ben was, I knew he wouldn't have just sprung this on Sven out of the blue. Even so, I was glad her responded as he did. It gave me a nice warm feeling of being wanted."Well, it's been a long day for you, Joey. I'll let Sven show you where. At first he was silent , probably thinking , then he answered very small voice so much so that she couldnt hear what he said.She asked if he would repeat that , that she had'nt heard him , when suddenly his arms were around her and his lips were pressed to hers , giving her the kiss she had wanted for so long.She kissed back enthusiastically but desperately wishing she wasnt so shy.She knew now that Naruto had loved her always but like her , had been to shy to admit it and this realization was. Reggie and I avoided each other more than usual after our minor altercation in the locker room. I forgot all about it quickly until a few days later. I was leaving school and I saw Reggie standing with a couple of her friends. She was glaring at me intensely as I walked by. With a mental shrug I acted like I didn't even see her and continued on my way. Then I did something very stupid.On an impulse I guess I just had to yank her chain. I saw Tank walking in front of me. I sped up a little to. Before we left, we looked inside the three chest-coolers. They were made like chest-freezers – but they were coolers, and on the lid of the first cooler, was a large printed sign which stated - AGED BEEF - I opened the lid and read some of the labels attached to each rack. There were ten racks, and all of them were loaded with what I recognized as whole beef loins, double wrapped in cheesecloth.Each rack had a different date with the racks on top having the oldest dates. Some were a month old –.