The middle-aged, nearly bald, slightly paunchy man had been droning on all day about this and that, fully expecting Mark to listen to every word. In t...he beginning, when Mark had first gotten to the office, he had made every attempt to be attentive. The fight he had had with his wife had bothered him all the way to work, and he knew that if he could just get it out of his mind and forget about what had been said, everything would be all right. It was pretty foolish of him, he could see now.. When Shannon was 16 years old, a new family moved in to the house next door. There were two parents and a child boy, who was 15 years old, one year younger than Shannon. They first met when Shannon’s mother decided to make them cookies and Shannon brought them over. She rang the doorbell, and a cute 15 year old boy answered it. Shannon was shy, but the boy did not seem to be.“My mother made these cookies for your family,” said Shannon. “Thank you, my name is Robert, and yours?” replied the boy.. . you know, eat you. But I... uh... you know, don't really know how... or even what a woman wants," Jim said working to get it all out, his face now a bright red.Jenny's face grew into a wide smile. "Oh God sweety, I would love that," she said, reaching forward and placing both hands on Jim's hot cheeks. She slowly leaned forward and kissed his lips softly. "I would be honored to teach you," she whispered, looking into Jim's eyes. Then Jenny stood up and moved back and scooted up onto Jim's. Jimmy was wearing a football uniform, complete with shoulder and thigh pads. There was a helmet resting on the counter where he stood working to open a bottle of wine, an obviously unfamiliar task.When he turned to greet them, they saw he had eye black on his face just below his eyes, like players wore to deflect the sun during a game. If you didn't know him well, you could mistake his nervous gaze at Lori as intense and assertive.He glanced at Rhonda briefly for encouragement. "Hey, uh, baby,".