Katherine walked over and sat down, I followed and sat down next to her. The party was still in full swing, but at least we could hear ourselves speak... over the music. ‘So, how have you been?’ I asked, getting the conversation going. ‘Oh, good and bad. I tried settling down, but it wasn’t for me’ ‘You broke up with George?’ I asked. ‘Yeah, he was just too dull,’ she said, sipping her drink, ‘but then I did meet someone who really opened my eyes to what I’d been missing.’ I smiled, sensing she’d. I hopped in the back seat with the girl and drove to their place which was a tar paper shack out in the country, we went inside and the girl fixed us something to eat.They all introduced them selves, the biggest guy was JR, next was Bobby Joe, and the girl said she was Katie, we smoked some weed and drank some beer, I looked around and all I found was a bathroom, two beds and a kitchen table all in one big room. Then JR said time to go to bed and grabbed "Katie" Bobby Joe and I grabbed the. As I dressed, I thought about make-up that would go withthe outfit I was donning. Inside I could feel stress building. Itpersisted and grew as I finished dressing and began my face, applying alight foundation over my beardless cheeks, always smooth and hairlesssince I'd had laser treatments there and all over my body. When I wasfinished I examined myself in the full length mirror. One of Owner'slittle jokes is that the mirror isn't in the room, but mounted on thehallway wall. So I have to. Now the posse of men was taking off to look for the herd of horses. The boy went with them, leaving the wild stallion tied up in the corral.Howie pulled away from her too, sitting against the car door, sullenly. Some fucking date, the girl didn't even want him to touch her. He was pissed and he didn't even bother to watch the show. He looked around him at the other cars filled with kids.He could see cars shaking, and he even saw a girl's two feet - colored with red toenails, sticking out one.