"I got Secretary," Connor told the others, unfolding his slip."Maid," Grover read off his paper. He smiled, then said, "That leavesBimbo to either Per...cy or Travis."Percy crossed his fingers and chanted, "No no no no no," as he openedhis paper. He glanced at his chosen costume name. "Holy flamingbuttcheeks, are you kidding me?" His friends broke into hystericallaughter."That leaves Nurse to me then," identified Travis, still giggling atPercy's misfortune."Yeah, yeah, yuk it up," Percy fumed as. I tried to use thebubbles to hide it, but to no avail. It was standing at full attention,and the top was peeking out of the surface of the water. Mother giggledbut did not stop, and said, "Well, that makes it easier to clean!"Mother was washing that part of me very thoroughly. She seemed to be doingit in a very matter of fact manner, but I was growing increasingly aroused.I was afraid I was going to have an accident. I started moaning, "Oh,please Mommie, I think it is clean enough." . I couldn’t help but stare as we silently danced separately through the fruit stands, testing and sampling, her hair flowing like water about her. Perhaps pretty girls sense these things, because suddenly, she met my eyes, smiled, and glanced away. I took it as a friendly smile, but was unsure whether it was sweet or shy. Our ballet revolved, and she circled out of my view as I sorted through the cucumbers. Suddenly, I sensed a presence beside me, and a voice said ‘I bet you’re just going to. We're going to transform Rainier into the safest place in America. In the world!”I drank in their excitement. It was such an intoxicating rush. I closed my eyes as it washed over me for a moment, my arms shaking up in the air. Then I whirled around and marched inside, Linda taking my arm while behind me, the crowd chanted my name. “STEVE DAVIES!” “STEVE DAVIES!” “STEVE DAVIES!”Nothing happened. Seth did nothing.“Oh, Steve, you were perfect,” my wife said, beaming at me.“Damn, Dad, you were.