"I'm just not ready for that yet,"she'd say, apologetically. I was patient. Brenda wasn't a tease,I knew she just had to work things out in her head b...efore shecould move on. As for me dressing in her clothes, she nevermentioned it again.It was right before senior prom I decided to step up my effortsto make her my official girlfriend. I knew that prom constituteda real date, but I figured I should at least ask her. With Andyout of the picture, she just might say yes to me.I was bumbling and. Blankenship pipes up “So is it really that bad dude”? I raise my arm again, making a muscle, “Come try it for yourself dude”. Flashing a big grin, Blankenship stands to approach, and just as he gets right to me, reacts similar to Johnny. “Oh fuck man—ur ripe as fuck” ! Johnny pipes back in “Ripe hell—that dude is nuclear” !!“I think he likes it” joins in Alex. “Ahh fuck you too dude” responds Johnny. Alex continues, “Well yo, ur dick sure does like it” with a smirk. A few of us glance over at. I sat up in my bed and narrowed my eyes trying to see who it was in the dark “hello?” I called out.“Sshhh Hi Jacob, it's me Audrey” my mom whispered loudly back as she made her way over to my bed.“Mom? What the hell you doing” “Just wanted to see my baby boy” she hiccuped “I've missed him.”“I've missed you too mom, but your drunk. Let me get you to bed.”“I'm not drunk!!” She slurred, “I perfectly fine” as she collapsed at the side of my bed. I turned the bed side light on “mom are you ok!”“Nooo. It was disturbing her, and the problem wasn't far from her thoughts at any time. She took stock of her life and while she loved her job and the success she was enjoying, she loved her husband as well, and she began to think that ultimately she would have to make a choice between the two. In her mind, it was no choice at all. She would be with Brent, no matter what.Andrea came home for the Christmas break and Sam was only a day behind her. Jerry's nephew and Andy were very close, and with Sam's.