. "You're a geek, I-I get it." He looks at me a little queerly, and then seems to get his confidence back, as I feel the switch I created move back. "...nyway, think you can do something else tonight?"For a moment I'm tempted to stay and screw things up for him, but the thought of Gina recalls me to my other plans. "Yeah, I've got plans with Gina tonight anyway." I try to reply offhandedly.Dennis turns to go, then freezes. "Wait, Gina? Robbie Mortensen's Gina? So the rumor about you making him. "It's a body of water between Vietnam and China. Tonka are the trucks you probably still play with." Well thank you Mr. Geography," Joe laughed back. "Leave it to you to know the name of every unimportant piss-ant little country in the world." Well if you paid any attention in Miss Murray's class, you'd have known it too," Peter, who had gone to school with Joe, added."Yeah, like that little piece of information is ever going to come up again in my lifetime," Joe retorted.The friendly barbs. Just like the last night, and I’m sure the next night will be the same. It’s a sham of a city all glitz and glamour, hiding its repulsiveness from the world. At least there’s the Black Diamond. The lights and music are low, as everyone mills about in their own dull way. Some might say the place is alive with energy like an electrical current pulsing from one person to the next. I guess the current doesn’t much care for me because I never feel alive when I’m here, but what’s a girl to do.In this. I could see now that it was a boy of around 8 to 9 probably and a girl who looked to be probably just a bit younger than Abi but had very well developed breasts for such a tender age! She was wearing a bikini which seemed to be having trouble containing them!It was far too late to be able to get back to the beach without them noticing us so instead we retreated slightly so that we were covered better by the deep water. At least their parents didn't seem to be joining them at the moment - they.