For the rest of the spring term Gloria kept trying to call me, but I wouldn't talk to her. It was a little more difficult during summer vacation since...she only lived four houses down the street from me. She kept trying to reach me, but I managed to avoid her. Her parents talked to my parents and I got all of the bullshit, "She didn't mean anything by it" and "You have been together too long to let a little squabble like this come between you" and other such nonsense. Gloria sent me letters and. OK?" She giggled and said, "OK."Sandra looked at me suspiciously and said, "What was that all about?" Isaid, "Nothing, just a secret shared between us two girls." Sandra glaredat me and rolled her eyes as if to say, "You're not a girl. You're awhore. Stay away from my nieces." I didn't want to fight with her. I wasno danger to her nieces. I wasn't going to try to promote prostitution. Iagreed with Sandra that that lifestyle was awful.I doubted that Sandra could grasp that. To her, any. Ducks and a dirty great swan." He plucked a few blades of grass and tossed them idly on the water's surface. They both watched them disappear downstream in silence. "Oh well," Gemma said, "We don't have any bread anyhow." There was a rustle of plastic as Michael pulled a bag from his pocket. He put it down on the grass in front of them. Visible inside were a few stale slices of a granary loaf. "Oh." Gemma put a hand over his mouth. "Oh my God." He moved the hand up to his eyes briefly. ” He gave Chris a bit of a nudge toward Jamar, clearing out the middle spot on the left. “And let’s see, D.J. and Devon.” He gave D.J. a nudge over toward Devon’s shower, opening up the middle shower to the right.Shaking his head, Mark walked in, assessed both spots, and quickly decided that he wanted to be next to D.J. and Devon. As he took that shower, Zach took the spot next to Chris and Jamar. Ten guys in that shower was a tight fit, especially when four of them were giants. There was quite.