We got rid of all of the trees what wuz close to the house, so there wuzn't any convenient tree trunks ta hide behind while they wuz shootin' at us.I ...had another surprise waitin', too. I had spotted some moderate sized cast iron pots at the general store what had lids what could be fastened down tight. I filled the pots with a mixture of gunpowder an' buckshot an' rigged a fuse arrangement on the lid. There wuz a hole through the lid fer the fuse ta git through ta the powder. The fuze wus lit. Andru aunty velaiku selamal veetile irunthaal, naangal iruvarum engal sunnigalai thuki kondu kilambinom.Aunty veetirku sendrom avalai paarthathum urainthu ponom sexyaana nightyil irunthaal athil mulai suuthu perithaaga sexyaaga therinthathu. Ulle sendru kathavai thapal potom ippozhuthu naan nanban aunty mundru per thanimaiyaaga irunthom.Naan ulle selum pozhuthu enathu sunni natu kondu nindrathu, aunty kanavan velaiku sendru irunthaan athanaal naangal veetil thaniyaaga irunthom.Pinbu iruvarum. They always hung out in the trees on the far side of the football field so we just all stayed away from there and there were mostly no problems. Well, not until that day in February — February 17th to be exact.It was lunchtime and really cold outside. Really, really cold with a vicious wind that drove cruel, icy spikes through every piece of clothing anyone wore. It never really snowed around there, we were too far south for that, but that just meant the school wasn't built to protect us from. It was a couple of nights later that I entered the bar at the Tam-O-Shanter for a drink and some conversation and found Mel sitting at the bar. "Hi! I’ve been waiting for you. A gin and tonic isn’t it?" she called as she motioned for me to sit next to her. I sat on the stool next to her amid the stares of a dozen envious eyes from the men in the bar. Suddenly, I felt proud. Mel was with me! As I sat, Mel spoke, "I was hoping we might take up where we were interrupted the last time we were.