We seated ourselves close to the window and enjoyed the ambiance. I looked across the table in the dim lights to notice what she was wearing which I h...ad missed when I picked her up. She was in crimson pantaloons and an equally loose white top which hugged her waist. I looked into her wonderful eyes for the millionth time and produced a seductive smile before I said: ‘You look wonderful.’ ‘Oh, you always say that,’ she almost sounded bored. ‘No I haven’t seen you in this before. Is it new?’. Raat me jab hum log khana kha rahe the us samay mummy ke cell pe ring bajne laga maine dekh liya tha uncle ka phone tha kyuki phone mere samne rakha hua tha lekin mummy ne phone silent kar ke rakh diya us samay uthaya nahi lekin uncle bar bar phone kar rahe the khana khane ke baad meri mummy apne kamre me chali gai mai jaan raha tha meri mummy uncle ka sath chodegi nahi kyuki meri mummy uncle ke liye betab ho rahi thi lekin mujhe bad ye der tha ki uncle ke liye meri mummy sirf ek aurat thi. “You are a day early. The payment isn’t due till Friday,” I said. “Have your mother keep your receipt. You never know when you will need it.” I said that before I put a red X through the Friday payment on my paper calender.“Melvin told me you were doing some secret stuff, is there anything for me?” she asked.“No and Melvin has a big mouth,” I said.“You never know when you might need an intro into the club scene,” Sarah suggested.“If I do I’ll call you. Right now I’m just fine,” I said.“Mom said. )"It was a dark and stormy night .........."Well, actually, that had nothing to do with my homework assignment. Myseventh grade teacher had given us an assignment to write a two page storyabout the most exciting thing that happened to each of us during thesummer between our sixth and seventh grades. I had been reading the Sundaycomics, Charlie Brown in particular, and that week's cartoon had Snoopysitting on the top of his doghouse writing a story that began with, "Itwas a dark and stormy night.