Vinny's room lookedfine for the eleven-year-old boy that he was. There were games and toysand everything you would expect for a boy his age. The bed ...as made, butI didn't know if he made it or his mom did. It really didn't matter atthis point. When I was finished I rejoined Vinny in the dinette. He wassitting there waiting for me. He didn't notice that any time had passedat all. I told him to take another sip of soda and then I told him hewas going to have lots of fun today and they he. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.We did not have Playstations, Nintendo’s, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms ... WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms. There was nothing I could do. He was simply too attractive. I couldn’t drag her back. I should have been happy for her but all I felt was desperation. If I hadn’t had to see him again, it wouldn’t have mattered. But if they started dating, I’d be stuck at the sideline, hating every moment they spent together. I didn’t want it. But the whole thing was out of my control.We got home and went into our stifling apartment and threw the windows open and cleaned our teeth and she didn’t stop talking. You’re going to be Jennifer Walstow-Mathom’s maids of honour at the summer festival aren’t you? Well we can’t have you letting the House down. At the very least we’ll have to pick out a pair of ball-gowns for the festival ball for you won’t we?”Debra’s eyes were shining in pleasure now “Oh yes! That would be lovely. I’ve only got the one I bought for my debutante ball and that’s ages ago!”“Well Jennifer’s bound to be strutting around in some fabulous creation courtesy of Mathom Hall and I don’t.
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