Let me take that." There was a large box and a large covered bowl. "Weena! Maddy! Company's here."I led Chuck and Michiko into the garden. "Charlie Gr...ant, the Eyres; Charlie's a yank with a station on the Finke." Hey. Gordy's told me about you. I guess we're both Charlie. Gordy's been calling you Chuck, so's we won't get confused." Chuck's OK. I was called that when I was a kid in school."Then the girls arrived. "Hello, hello. You must be Mrs. Eyre. I'm Weena; this is Maddy. Didn't Gordy ask. * I watch Tom as we walk through the mall thinking of how much he is going to love what comes next. “Hey Tom?” I ask him. “Yea?” He says back. As I said this we stop walking and are standing in the middle of the walkway of the mall. “I know you like public sex Tom.” He blushes furiously as he searches for something to say back. “I can't believe it Tom,” I say flatly. Right before he goes to apologize I add, “That you didn't tell me sooner.” As the sentence leaves my lips I drop to my knees in. It read "You're invited to my pool party. 8:00PM to 5:00Am." I looked up slowly, trying to process this. He was already gone before i could comment. "What was that about?" Luke asked Before i could answer, out of the corner of my eyes the table of jocks was staring me down. The only thing that was in my mind was horrible, mean prank. "I don't know, but I don't like it." ---After lunch, me and Luke headed down the hall. Luke is 5'2, he has jet black hair and green eyes. Quite an odd. Ioke was still missing, but there wasn't any forward progress to be made on that front. There were dozens of things he could be doing for the business, but there always were. Four years of plotting revenge at Mannsborough High had taught him something about patience, but not as much as it could have.Dawn seemed to like being watched and prolonged the strip-tease. Thule sat back in the pool, watching as she untucked the green polo shirt she'd worn to the golf course, crossed her arms, and lifted.