If we could, who would I be with right this very second?”“Birgit. Either she’d be going to school here or you’d be going to school in Sweden.�...�“Exactly. So, given that, how can I answer your question without betraying what I believe on one hand or possibly giving you false hope on the other?”Jennifer smiled, “I guess you can’t. The two of us sitting here on what should have been our couch in what should have been our apartment is another example. Of course, that one was self-inflicted. We did it. It got better when I got my driver’s license but I still did not have a girlfriend.Since I was held back a year before Kindergarten, I was 18 before the start of Senior Year. Senior year was supposed to be a breeze, until I found out who my English teacher was for that year, Miss Dunnegan. Her class was known to be one of the hardest at the school.Past students have said she assigned hours of homework everyday and the tests were impossible. With English being my worst class, I knew this year. I didn't see no one else in the room and wondered if they let fellar's that talk to ghost be doctors. He went over to this little table thing and I'll be damned if a folded shirt, blue jeans, boots, belt and all, just like what I'd been wearing, didn't appear out of thin air.I was a little leery of 'em, but they fit just fine when I put 'em on, and even magic pants is better'n no pants at all. They looked and felt just like my old ones, 'cept they looked brand new. "Someone will be here to show. "Let me think about this, Mary Ann. I do give you a lot of credit for trying, like I said." Well Sherry, isn't it enough that I really tried?" No, Mary Ann. I'm sorry, but it isn't."I don't know what was making me hold the line I had established. I guess it was just the fact that she was actually doing what I told her to do. It was exciting and I kinda wanted to keep it up. And to my amazement, Mary Ann was going along with it."Oh, OK. Then think about it and tell me what I should try next,.