Kelly and I left the club, hailed a cab and got in. It was almost 3 am.We were home in 10 minutes. We staggered into the apartment. I was gladthat nob...ody could see me. At this time of night the elevators wereempty."What's in the bag?" I asked as we entered the apartment."Sorry, need the bathroom," Kelly said and rushed away. I neededsomething long and cold and went to the small kitchen.Kelly returned and also asked for a drink. I noticed the bag wasmissing. Kelly sat on a barstool in our. Why doesn't he call?At school today it's a trip to see the water purification plant. Big deal! Like I care how they make the water good to drink. It's good to drink so who cares. Anyway, I like the bottled water and I use my allowance to buy it as often as I can. Me and Eddie buy it and carry the bottles around all day. Sometimes I just fill the empty bottle with water from the fountain but it's still better than tap water.I listen to the guide tell us all about the big tanks and the settling. There have been so many changes. I was only gone for seven weeks."Will overheard me. "You think this is bad, Kyle, wait until you get to college. It's ten times worse. Life in Paradise continues, whether you are there to see it or not." Yeah, I guess," I said resignedly. "It just blows my mind."It was late afternoon when we arrived at the state park outside Niagara Falls. We had six regular campsites at the park, two tents per site. We were out among the public so we had to sleep in all guy or. " I guess she saw my heart leap into my throat at that, as she met my eyes and smiled at me. We made and had dinner together later, cleaned up the dishes, then we decided to watch a movie together. She drank wine, I had bourbon, and we kind of made fun of the movie together. At one point, the movie had a rather abrupt transition to a rather explicit sex scene - we both tried to figure out how to react to it, and we started trying to talk over the scene, neither looking at the movie, nor at.