I had to go to work before Mark got home from fishing. And he was asleep by the time I got home at twelve-thirty Sunday morning. I'd had my usual ring...-around-the-rosy, trying to keep out of Duane's reach. It would have been nice to have somebody's shoulder to cry on.So I climbed into bed and tried to pretend the pillow was Eric's shoulder and he'd get up and go over to Duane's apartment and call him into the hallway and beat the shit out of him. By the time I'd run that one through with six. "Ok, what's up?" The other weekend, when you fell asleep on the couch..." She hesitated while choosing her words.I encouraged her to continue. "Yes..." "I umm... I left my door open on purpose knowing you might see me if you woke up. I knew you were watching..."My face was now beet red. "I was gonna say goodbye if you were still up... and once I saw you, I had to watch. I couldn't help myself." I was thinking about you... I imagined my ex being the one behind that door watching while you were. " Mom," Gwen said, dropping her fork with a clatter as her head snapped around to look at her mother as she took a sip of coffee from her favorite mug. "I thought the idea was to keep my pregnancy a secret as long as possible." It is," the older woman said with a sigh as she set her coffee mug down and crossed her arms under her breasts. "But we had to tell the principle the truth or he wouldn't let you make other arrangements for your phys ed credit this semester. Your father and I decided it. "Why did you decide to pick me to spy on? Elaine lives on the side of you, why didn't you go peek at her house?"Elaine was another classmate of theirs. She was tall, and very thin, with almost no curves to speak of. It wouldn't have occurred to Mike to try to look through her window. He couldn't tell Jennie that it was his fascination with her huge tits. That would just make it worse than it already was."I bet it was because I'm so big up on top, wasn't it? I don't know why all you boys get so.