‘What happened,’ I asked. ‘I forgot I was naked and ran into the living room to get my purse not knowing that your mother was there. Oh my god,... honey, I was NAKED.’ ‘She’s seen naked before,’ I said. ‘She’s seen me naked several times.’ ‘Yes, but she’s your mother not mine.’ ‘I’m sure she doesn’t think any less of you,’ I said. ‘She might even have enjoyed it.’ ‘Stop it,’ she said. ‘Oh my god, I’m so embarrassed.’ ‘I’ll go ask her if it bothered her.’ I said. ‘Don’t you dare, Danni. I swear,. "Really? I have a brother named Steve." I walked a little faster because the bell was going to ring any minute, but he kept up with me."Do you wanna go out with me sometime?" he asked, just like that, out of the blue in front of about twenty other kids.That made me stop and really look at him. He was very cute, I thought, and he had a little black mole just at the right corner of his lips. A beauty mark that would have looked better on a girl, but it was nice on him too. He had a bit of a blush. I mean, Susan's just not functional in the real world anymore! If she were to go shopping on her own, I could seriously picture her winding up licking her way up and down a zucchini as she mumbled about her Tiger, oblivious to all the people staring. And who's to blame for that? ME! Some best friend I am!" So where do you think things should go from here?" Xania, basically I'm asking you to keep me from my worst excesses. I don't want to go back to how things were two months ago, but we need to. Everything about him from his voice to his manners said money.In Chemistry, I was telling Nollie about him when he entered the classroom.He said, "Mrs. Baines? I'm Eddie Bayliss. I'm sorry I'm late. I couldn't find the right room."She said it didn't matter and welcomed him to the class, and seated him at an under-populated lab table on the far side of the room. Everyone looked him over as he removed his coat and hung it on his chair. He smiled nervously, and the class resumed.Under her breath,.