”Hoping to put the petite woman at ease, Bev said, “She’s a cute little thing.”“Like a doll,” Wanda said nodding her head in agreement.“...here’s the red dot? I thought all Indian women had a red dot on their forehead,” Gail said openly staring at Trupti’s forehead.Trupti felt a little uncomfortable about being discussed as if she wasn’t there. Jack leaned over and whispered in her ear, “They are just interested in knowing you a little better. It just hasn’t dawned on them that they can ask you. " Is- ugh, this'll sound like a stupid question," I moan."No, go on," Tom says."Is- is Caitlin a fan of the Angels too?" I ask, trying not to blush atthe question."She definitely watches the show, dunno if she's a die-hard fan," Tomshrugs. "Why?" Just figured that if she was a fan of Jamie-Lee Burke... Ugh, notimportant," I sigh. "She really doesn't mention me?" 'Fraid not," Tom says."She still talk about Jessica and Noor?" I ask."Umm, think they went their separate ways after school," Tom. Thanks..."I went back to the practice room and continued scoring and doodling on the piano. I made a mental note to talk with the Swifts--preferably Charlie--later this evening.At the end of U.S. history, my last class of the day, I watched Sherry and the other students walk out of the room. I was about to go when I remembered a question that I wanted to ask my teacher."Mr. Stiles, do you have a few minutes to talk about something?"The teacher looked at me and smiled. "Sure, Jim. What's on your. ” he smiled as the barman placed an Appletini on the bar. ”Is that for you? I don’t drink girlie drinks, I drink bourbon, two ice cubes that’s it. In fact I’ll take yours you can have the Tini, you ordered It.” He smiled with an evil grin and reached for his glass. He grabbed her hand on his glass holding it in front of him as he gently stroked it and looked into her green eyes. ”Shall we go back to mine or yours?” He smiled as he stared at her, ”I mean I’ve got a good bottle of 25 year old.