"What?" Pola asked, slightly annoyed by her friend's interference withher work."I have an idea. Do you have your hand mirror with you?" Of course," ...Pola replied while she pulled the mirror out of her largebag.Taking the mirror from Pola, she held it up in front of Charles's faceand asked, "Pola, can you give the scissors to Emma?" Why?" I want her to make the first move into this new stage in her lifeherself."Pola gave her a strange look before she replied, "It's just a haircut,Jane." To you,. They came up to us. Jeanette said, "I see April. I thought she and Tommy would be together."Laura said, "He asked her but she is not comfortable with the group he hangs with now. She gave him the option to join us but he declined. I'm afraid it's going to be over soon. They just never clicked like before the summer started."Jeanette said, "I'm sorry, too. We like April and how she acts. We never worried about them being together. We are beginning to worry about Tommy. I hope he gets his. Please accept my gift."While she was reading, Howie moved behind her.He put his arms around her waist and pulled her gently to him. She moved her upper body back and he whispered, "I am your present and I never talk."She jerked and said, "Let me go. Sorry, Howie. Thank you. I appreciate the thought, but no."He took hold of her hand. "Are you sure? Not even Wanda would know." You are a sweet boy. You definitely aren't a boy, but I am sure." Wanda left. We said our goodbyes this morning. She said. And then I found it really hilarious, started to laugh out loud.When I got myself slightly more together I saw that he was looking at me with a sort of quizzical half smile, so I pushed my box over towards him, watched as comprehension dawned and he, too, started to laugh. I had the overwhelming urge to pull him into a really tight hug, make it all OK between us in the most direct way possible and ... Gareth arrived.God knows what he thought when he saw the pair of us standing facing each other.