"Story," Kizuna said the moment our parents turned off the light. I heard an exasperated sigh from my father as he closed the door. "Story time." Okay... okay. Once, there was a green dragon named Yoshi, who loved to play with his friend, Mario." Kizuna loved watching me play video games, so I had started telling her stories about characters in the games. Some of her favorites involved Donkey Kong. "One day, they decided to visit their friend, Princess Peach." Princess Peach?" Yeah, the princess. ”When he’d stripped, she handed him the nickel. Terry took one look at it and slapped it down on the bed, not flipping it at all.“Well, what do you know? Tails,” Terry said.Faith went to the closet and fetched out what remained of her childhood doll collection. The Princess doll was still like new. She’d been too old, and too awed, to really play with it. She could have given it to some relative who would muss it the way she hadn’t, but the idea had never appealed. Teddy, on the other hand, had. "Teaching, day care supervision, I can even do re-hab therapy. I had a PT license in Illinois, but it expired. I bet I could re-qualify here in Vermont if I had to." She said proudly."Well, come out with me and I'll make coffee and find something to eat before I go." He said as he slipped on his shoes as he kept dressing."Make sure you wash your face before you go." She said acting a little embarrassed."You don't want the boys to smell a little poo-dat on me?" He smiled."Ha, not at least until. Her long curly red hair was held out of her comely face by a scrunchie. Rick noticed she had a thick gold body chain that stopped her at her wide lush hips while emphasizing her slim waist."I'm going into Penney's to see if they got any boots, these have seen the best of their times," he replied."Honey, Penney's ain't no place to buy genuine boots," she looped her arm through his. "Come with me, I'll take you to the Boot Barn. They've got the best variety for men or women. Great colors too..