Can I have water instead? And before you even joke about me turning down alcohol – I haven’t eaten since breakfast and I’d rather not make an ar...se of myself by being drunk... again.” “No need to get defensive,” he chuckled as he passed her a bottle of water. “So do you want the guided tour?” “Sure why not.” Jesse led her around the small apartment, unlike hers’ it wasn’t split over two floors since it was only big enough for two people. The kitchen and living area was one room and the. When it was time to go I got hugsfrom his mom and the girls. I got distracted waves from his brothers,and a handshake from his dad. I hated to leave. This was so muchdifferent from my family. My dad was an absentee provider. My mom triedher best, but was too busy trying to keep up with the Jones' to everbehave like these wonderful people. I never felt bad about being an onlychild until I walked out of Mark's home.We drove north and I could tell Mark was very pleased with how theafternoon. The coltmaybe smelled water, the boy didn't know, but presently he found himself atthe edge of a green pond that appeared half-covered in emerald brightalgae. The boy had dismounted and left the pony to munch on some mossyundergrowth. The boy was warm and while the sweat of the day's ride haddried under the cool canopy of the forest roof, he still felt like a swimin this pond would be just the thing.He wasn't a modest lad and anyway believed himself and the pony to be aloneand soon he'd. ” I smiled. “Ay Mara, don’t do that please…” She pleaded. I had stopped listening to her, shit she wasn’t going to tell me what I should do. Who does she think she is my mother..? I watched them look around, and as they were about to walk out of the bar, they noticed us, they changed their mind and took a seat on the bar, right across from us. I’m anything buy shy, and with a couple of drinks in me I had lost all of my inhibitions. We exchanged flirty looks for a while, and after they had a.