shoes or socks. Here I was dressed in my best outfit. "'She's here!' Kelly screamed and the others
came out of her room.
"I guess I was standing there with my mouth
fallen open. Everyone laughed at me and how faunally
I was dressed. Everyone else was in jeans and Tshirts. I didn't know the boys, of course, and they
were quickly introduced. I was too nervous to pay
much attention to their full names. Michael was a tall,
dark boy with light brown hair and brown eyes, Tony
was a shorter boy, stout, with very light brown hair
and very nice blue eyes, and Frankie was a rather
heavy boy with black hair and dark eyes. Talia Morris
was there and so was Jill Brewster, girls I knew from school, but not very well. I found out that Tony was Jill's older brother and he had brought his friends.
Tony, Frankie and Michael attended public school. "My second shock came when I discovered that
the cups they held in their hands were not filled with
just Coke. Tony had brought a bottle of rum. A cup
was thrust at me immediately, and I held it like I
would hold a loaded pistol when I was told what was
in it.
"'I can't drink this,' I told them. 'My mother will
smell it on me immediately.'
"'Don't worry about that. You chew some gum
or gargle with mouthwash. We're very experienced
with all this,' Tony assured me. 'We even drink it at
school sometimes,' he added, laughing. 'Come on, join
the party.' He practically forced me to sip the drink. I
didn't taste the rum, but I know it was in there because
it wasn't too long before I felt myself grow lightheaded and a little dizzy.
"I guess I was fascinated by it all. The boys had
so many outrageous stories to tell about life at their
school. Compared to ours, it sounded exciting to be