For the first time in my life I had the entire house to myself for an entire week. Was I going to have a party? No, because my parents said in no unce...rtain terms, “No parties.” Plus I was pretty sure they told the neighbors to immediately call them if they saw cars all over the driveways and street. However, they did say I could have a few friends over.When I returned home from dropping the family off at Sky Harbor Airport, I was greeted by an unfamiliar car on the driveway and Uncle Fred. ”Natalia harrumphed and scolded, “As if that is going to change the fact I can’t get drunk anymore!”Ellen softly closed the door as she said, “The great thing is that you can enjoy every sip of wine without getting sick.”She walked to the kitchen and as she placed the two bottles in the fridge she continued, “But that means you should start to drink something better than this ‘chateau the migraine’.”She took the bottle from the countertop and as she emptied it out in the sink she said, “Two. "Thankfully, both of Emily's parents nodded at the logic Dad was using. Iwas half-afraid that they wouldn't let Emily go through with this."What name did you choose?" Dan asked, directing his question at Emily."Chloe Carpenter," Emily responded. "It sounded somewhat starish, Iguess."Her dad nodded, then we slipped into an uncomfortable silence for amoment or two."Can we hear the songs?" Susan, Emily's mother, finally asked me. "Emilyalways said that you had a good voice, but I've never really. Occasionally I envied the football players who were constantly surrounded by the pretty cheerleaders (and, according to rumor, several couples had become intimate). Several of them were in some of my classes and I quickly realized that I was just plain smarter than they were. I was an excellent student, and graduated second in my class so was easily accepted to MIT, even winning an academic scholarship.What a shock! From a small city, I was dumped in the Boston area. Moreover, while I had a.