“Don’t cry. We’ll get a new cat in the morning...”“My girl, Ginger, is going to die of syphilis” mumbles an angry biker to one of his budd...ies. “No” says the friend “people don’t die of syphilis anymore”. The angry biker replies “They do when they give it to me!”It was the first day of school. As the principal made his rounds, he heard a terrible commotion coming from one of the classrooms. He rushed in and spotted one boy, taller than the others, who seemed to be making the most noise. He. I won't let anyone hurt you. I promise. But we gotta tell the cops, okay? Do you think you can do that for me?"He nodded and sniffled. "Okay." Do you want to tell me what happened?"Colby sighed and took a deep breath. When he finally spoke, his voice was soft and quiet."I was feeling lonely, so I took a cab into town. You know, I thought I might meet some people."Colby sniffled and I squeezed his hand. I pushed aside the strong feelings of jealousy that erupted in me at the thought of him with. She gets it from her mother. But that’s my angel so it’s fine. I was happy when she said she was going out shopping today. That meant I could watch sports in peace. It’s the little things, right?I was on the couch flipping through the channels when the front door swung open.“Hi, Dad, we have a visitor!”Our visitor was Alex, and I couldn’t have been more caught off guard. Not because of who it was, but of how she looked. It was evident she had done some growing up since high school. She still. She is one of those friends that can just walk in and say hi to whoever is there and walk straight up to my room. She opened my room without knocking and jumped next to me on my bed. I looked up from the book I was reading and said “Hi” “I got the plan.” Kayley said. “Hi” I repeated. “And I think we are both going to get what we want in the end” Kayley kept talking. “Hi Kayley!” I tried one more time. “You are going to have to be a bit braver... and hi!” Kayley said, finely taking a.