Amongst her best friends, those she has known and been close to all of her life, Kari watched, at various sleepovers during their middle school years,... the chest development of the other girls and felt the disappointing absence of her own, but was secretly pleased that not only did she have visible pubic hair before the others, by the time they reached the eighth grade, she had far more than any of them. She might not have any boobs, but she certainly has a bush.The other thing that Karinn. Not so any more. At first she thought her waist had shrunk. Then she realized that her hips had swelled. It wasn't all that much, but it was very noticeable to her.She still didn't make the connection between the two or three candies she ate each day after school, and the changes going on in her body. But she started keeping an eye on things after that.So did her brother."What?!" barked Clarissa, one night. Uncle Bob was working late and she and Matt were home together. They had rented a movie. Anthony had made a pot of coffee and we both blessed him for doing so. After an hour or so, we were back to reality and had lots of laughs and stories to share about last nights’ festivities. Freda looked at Anthony with a different look today. I can’t put my finger on it, but it’s just that look that a woman in love gives a guy.We have music that plays subtly in the background in our home and when the Pointer Sisters came on singing “Slow Hand”Freda pulled Anthony and I close to her and we all. "Pete and Trevor began talking to the rest of them men in the cafe while Garrett just sat ignoring the ongoing conversation while he played the strange happenings of the morning over in his head. From those things, his mind wandered back to the last several weeks with Kathy. Shit, maybe there was something there after all. She seemed awfully interested in his happiness and helping him. When she was close to him she would touch him. She always smiled and greeted him pleasantly. She routinely.