I placed the bread and noodles on the kitchen counter and started to make some tea for me. I kept the tea to boil and made my way to my bedroom. I too...k off my clothes, got naked, wiped all the water of my body and dried my hair. For a moment I checked out my robe less body in the mirror. “I wasn’t in too bad a shape despite putting on some weight off late” I thought. Suddenly my cell phone chirped. It was my mom calling to inform me that she would be late tonight. Now that I was sure that I. That night at dinner, I started casually. "You know I'm getting straight A's again this semester." My mother said that was good and dad said maybe I'd get that college scholarship. I waited a few minutes, then resumed, "But frankly, I'm exhausted. I could really use a day off." What, just lounge around?" my father asked."Oh, maybe spend the day downtown, hit the flicks – there's a great double feature at the Rialto. I'd like to take some pictures too – you know, city scenes. I mean, I'm tired. “Big surprise there,” muttered Kate, who can be sarcastic in the most stressful circumstances. It’s a defence mechanism. I for one would rather have a machine gun.White Sneakers didn’t hang about and finally legged it towards us. We screamed (yes, me too) and decided anywhere was better than here. And so I bustled Mel and Kate towards the upwards escalator. It turned out the white sneakers were mostly for show, because Scimitar (I’ve looked it up, that’s what the sword was) caught up with her. I got along with her well enough but I was always shy and reserved whenever she was around. There were a couple of reasons for this: One, she was my boss and I had problems facing authority, and second, she was very attractive. Catherine had long wavy brown hair and a cute face. She was slightly heavier then my ideal woman, but then I'd never met my ideal. I had always been shy around women I found attractive which probably accounted for my still being single at 20. Catherine was in her mid.