When the darknesss lifted nothing was left.

When the darknesss lifted nothing was left. Christian looked around and all he saw was pieces of

fish everywhere. Why didn't he tell us that people did this kind of thing? He had a lot to explain to him

but that could wait. First things first. I needed to get my lacy lingerie from the dry cleaneers. If anyone else knew this about me

I would die of embarrassment... especially if they knew my lacy lingerie was hot pink with fiery orange polka dots. I grabbed them from the cleaners & stopped at a gas station for

a hot dog and a pack of double bubble. "I gotta bounce," I said to Charlie at the counter. The boys are on the way

and I can't have them over until the flowers are exploding like fireworks on the 4th of July. And it's only thanksgiving! I have a half a year to

finish the landscaping project, choose a menu and decide what I'll say when I finally see them. Whatever happens when they arrive, it's sure to be

something I'll regret. Like that time in college when I got drunk and woke up sore in embarassing places only to discover I was in bed with

a three-legged German Shepherd named Alice. I was beginning to think that pledge week was taking a year off my life for every day spent in that god forsaken house. Only three more