Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2022 17:15:15 +0000 (UTC) From: Knight Timothy Subject: Young Innocence Chapter 5 My alarm went off at 5:30am. I got up immediately and jumped into a shower. I removed my diaper and dropped it on to the showers tiled floor. I washed my hair and my body before rinsing off. I got out and dried myself. I combed my hair and brushed my teeth then went to get dressed. I opened up one of the multi colored packs of the new teen styled pampers diapers and choose to wear yellow for my first day of school. I oiled myself and then powdered the entire inside of the diaper and pulled it on. It was alittle loose so I released the tabs on the sides. I pulled them back to secured them much tighter until I had that snuggly comfortable feeling that I like to have when I'm wearing my diapers. I looked in the mirror on my closet wall and the reflection that I saw was of a young boy wearing a pair of yellow underwear. They looked surprisingly more like underwear than that of a diaper. "Cool" I said. I then pulled on an undershirt and matching over the knee high yellow socks. I love wearing my over the knee high colored socks anytime I could because they remind me of hockey socks. Plus they cover up my scrawny knees and legs. I went to my dresser and pulled out a pair of my favorite knee length shorts. They came down just above the knees and covered my diaper perfectly. They were made out of blue jean material. Lastly I pulled on my Marc-Andre Fluery t-shirt. He is one of my favorite goal tenders. "Come on sweetheart, breakfast is ready" "You don't want to be late for your first day of class at your new school, do you"? "No mommy, I'll be right down in a moment" I grabbed my back pack and put a spare pair of each red and blue teen pampers diapers in with my zip lock bag of diaper changing supplies. An extra pair of shorts and shirt as well as a sweater as it is getting colder outside. I also had an empty plastic bag just in case. I looked at myself one more time. Satisfied with what I saw, I headed downstairs to eat breakfast. Carters house. "Mom, don't forget that were having practice at the middle school today" "The twins are giving me a ride home afterwards" "Okay sweetie, you better hurry" "Your bus will be here in 10 minutes" Cory grabbed his bag and was out the door and off to his bus stop. Matties house. Mattie ate breakfast and gave his mommy a kiss then headed out the door for the bus stop. His daddy showed him a path he could take that went through the trees behind their house. It lead him over to the next street where his school bus stop was at. Cory immediately saw him coming out of the woods and down the sidewalk. He ran over to him. Mattie was surprised to see Cory. "What are you doing here"? "Silly, I live on the next block over from youand this is our schools bus stop" "At least I'll not have to sit alone" "No you won't and we're the first stop so we'll have a great choice of seats to choice from" The bus came to a stop and everyone piled on. We were the last ones to get on and choose to sit right behind the cute young male bus driver. "Hi Cory", the young man said. "Whose your new friend" "This is Mattie" "He's going to our school now" "He's also in my class" "Welcome to the team" he said which sorta confused me. His smile was infectious. I'm Devin" "If you ever need anything, you only need to ask" We just pulled up to another stop and 3 boys got on that I would soon learn are the schools bullies. "Well look here guys, it's pissy boy" "And he has a new friend" Sniffling "Well maybe he's not pissy boy anymore cause I can't smell anything" "We'll see you later and if your his new friend, I have a word of advice for you" "Expect pain" "Sit down Louis or you'll be starting to walk to school" "I'm sure your mommy will just love getting up early so she can take her little baby boy to school each morning" Devin had purposely switched on the speaker so everyone on the bus heard the conversation. Laughter could be heard as Louis took his seat in the very back with the other two boys. "Why don't you ride with your mommy" Mattie asked. "I normally do but mommy thought it best, if I ride the bus with you" "I'll have to remember to thank your mommy" Soon they pulled up to the school and off loaded. "It was nice meeting you Mattie" "I'll see you at lunch time" "Bye Devin, nice meeting you as well" As we got off, Cory told me Devin is one of the schools security monitors. Mrs Preston was waiting at the yellows class collecting point for all incoming bussed students. "Good morning Mrs Preston" each student said in greeting her as they walked up and got in line behind her" After everyone was present, Mrs Preston lead all of her students in through the side doors which were right next to our classroom. "Okay everyone, you know your seating assignments" The bell rings and Mrs Preston says, "Lets get settled everyone" "First, I'd like for everyone to meet our newest student Mattie" "Please stand so everyone can see you" I stood up and turned a full circle as I waved to everyone. I saw that there was 10 girls and 9 boys in our class. Make that 10 boys now that I'm here. "Lets open our math books to page 10" "Mattie, you can slide your chair closer to Cory's and share his book until I can get you your own books" "Yes ma'am" "Okay everyone, I want you to do all the problems on page 10 thru 12" When your done with those questions, you can go outside and play" Cory got us each out a sheet of paper and a pencil to use. Twenty minutes later, I was done" I raised my hand. "Yes, Mattie" "I'm finished Mrs Preston" A few heads popped up when I said that. "That was awfully fast Mattie" "Are you sure that you don't want to go back and check your answers" "No ma'am, I already did that" " Okay Mattie" "Just place it on the corner of my desk" "Then go out the doors we came in through" "On the right side you'll see the playground" So I picked up my paper and put it on the teachers desk. Walked over to the door and opened it. I looked back and saw the others with their heads down hard at work. I got outside and found the playground and went right over to the swing sets. I always challenge myself to see if I can go higher then the top bar. Carters classroom. "Alright boys, settle down" "We have two new class members today" "This is Joey who just moved here from Tennessee" "This is June who moved here from Texas" They both said hello and hoped that they could become friends with everyone. Books were opened and the class got under way. The twins asked Carter about Mattie. "He started at his new school today" Then Carter blurted out as quickly as he could but quietly. "I kissed Mattie yesterday on the cheek" "You what"? the twins said alittle to loudly. "Do you boys have something that you want to share with the class" "No Mrs Boyd" "Alright then settle down" The boys went back to their assignments but the twins had more questions for Carter. Playground "Look here boys" "It's pissy boys friend" "Where's your boyfriend at"? "Cory's not my boyfriend but he is my friend" "That was the wrong answer" The bullies encircled the swings that Mattie was swinging really high on. He was kicking his feet so he could swing even higher. In the background by the building several of his schoolmates were standing about fifty feet away watching. They were way to scared to approach the playground with the school tormentors there. But also the sight of the new boy swinging higher then the top bar also had their attention. The one sixth grader and two fifth grader bullies were closing in on Mattie as he was swinging higher than before. Mattie had always been bullied growing up cause he was small and had to wear diapers. One of the bullies made the mistake of stepping in front of Matties swinging path. I guess he thought he could stop Mattie but got kicked in his chest instead. Mattie didn't mean to do it but it happened anyway. Mattie kicked and brought his feet together. He picked up his momentum again. He believed that if he could keep swinging higher, then they wouldn't be able to get to him. The next bully tried grabbing Mattie from behind but misjudged and stepped to close to him. He got hit on Matties back swing knocking him down hard to the ground. Then as his feet came back, Mattie tried to lift them so he wouldn't kick the boy but he stood up to quickly and got kicked in his head when he passed back by him. By this time all his classmates and other schoolmates had come outside and were walking over to the swing sets. The main bully was super pissed after watching his two friends get knocked over by this little boy. He saw that the boys momentum had slowed down. So he rushed Mattie head on. Just then Mattie jumped off the swing trying to get away. But the two collided head on as Mattie went airborne. The bullies forward momentum was stopped as Matties body slammed into him knocking him backwards. The impact knocked Mattie out cold. The bully got on top of Mattie and hit the unconscious Mattie in the face. He raised his fist again to hit him even harder but as his fist came downward towards Matties head, Cory who was running at top speed tackled the bully just before he would've hit Mattie again. Several teachers had witnessed the one-sided fight and arrived to the playground by this point. They pulled Cory and the bully boy apart. Devin picked up a crying Mattie and carried him to the nurses office. Two other teachers helped the other two bully boys to the nurses station as well. The other bully was taken to the principles office by two of the security monitors. News spread fast about some new kid taking on the schools 3 bullies at the playground. What they didn't know was that Mattie actually was trying to avoid them and it all happened accidentally. Cory was also being congratulated by everyone for his stepping in and taking on Louis. Mattie was given an ice pack to put on his eye. The nurse said he would have a black eye for a few days until the swelling went away. Soon after getting the okay from the nurse, he went back to Mrs Preston's class. Everyone who was in the halls looked at him as he past by. Whispers could be heard all around him. "That's him" he heard someone say. Mattie arrived back to his classroom just as the class was settling in to watch a movie about nature and the wildlife around them. The desk and chairs were pushed off to each wall to make space for the blue mats that were rolled out and placed on the floor. All eyes turned to look at him. Everyone saw the bruised eye but no one said anything "Mattie, are you okay" "If you want, I can call your mommy to come pick you up" "No Mrs Preston, I'm fine" "Are you sure honey"? "That eye looks pretty bad" " I'm sure Mrs Preston" "Okay, you can share Cory's pillow and blanket" "Don't worry if you happen to fall asleep" "As most everyone does" As we watched the movie, I ended up falling asleep. I awoke shortly after the movie ended cuddled up next to Cory. I sat up as most of the other boys and girls were just waking up. The mats were rolled up and put away as the desk were put back into place. "Okay boys and girls" "Whoever needs a diaper change before lunch, go now in groups of two" "Then meet up at our staging area for lunch time" We each grabbed our backpacks and Cory immediately grabbed my hand and lead me out the classroom door to get in line to get our diaper changed. In front of us were two boys not in our classroom. "Cory, I thought that only yellow class wear diapers" "No, some other schoolmates also wear that aren't in our class" "They're mostly afraid of being found out" "As most people don't know about yellow class" "Or the schools use of the color coding" "But the parents and teachers do" "Those two boys are in the purple fifth grade class" "They're the sport boys" "I think they play on the tennis team" "Wow, my friend Carter plays tennis also but he goes to another school" "I know of a boy named Carter also" "I'm not sure if he plays tennis but he's in the blue classroom" "Whats blue stand for"? "I think it's the really smart kids classroom" Two boys came out and I had a strange feeling that I knew them. They also stared at me. It was our turn and I tapped in my code and the door clicked open for us. We were limited for time and decided that we would change ourselves at the same time. Cory saw that I wore a yellow diaper today and commented that he also did on his first day he came to school. We removed our wet diapers and put them in the diaper pail container. I grabbed a red pampers teen diaper as Cory grabbed a blue one. We opened a drawer and each took two baby wipes out. As we were cleaning ourselves the door clicked and in came two more boys needing new diapers. Cory and I let them by us as we cleaned ourselves up. Next we powdered our diapers and from experience opened the side tabs. We pulled up our diapers and made the necessary adjustments so our diapers fit snuggly and comfortable. The other two boys were changing each other's diapers and we couldn't help but stare at them. They also watched us as well. "Nice diapers you two have there" 'Where can we get some" "They look just like underwear" "Were testing them out for pampers" "Were part of the trails team that's testing the new Pampers Teen Diapers line" "I'd suggest you two go by the medical supply store by the hospital and ask the nice lady there if they are still looking for test subjects" "Thanks, we will" "We must go now as we need to meet up with our classmates to go to lunch" We arrived at the same time the others got there before we marched off to the cafeteria. There were two other classrooms in front off us already in line. "Mattie honey" "It looks like your mommy hasn't yet signed you up for the schools lunch program" "Did she happen to give you any lunch money for today" "Hold on and let me check" Inside my side zipper pocket was an envelope that said lunch money. Give to Mrs Preston. I was wondering why mommy didn't tell me anything about this. "Here Mrs Preston" Mrs Preston opened the envelope and found a check made out to the schools lunch program along with the signed paperwork. "Very good Mattie" "I'll have your name added to the list" "Okay everyone, get in line" "You have until the third bell before you need to head back to our classroom" We got in line and today's lunch was grilled cheese and tomato sandwiches with broccoli and cheese and vanilla pudding. I got a cartoon of vitamin d milk to drink. The dessert lady gave me a green jello dessert dish as well. "Thank you ma'am" "What a sweet and polite boy" she said back to me. Cory and I sat at a table by ourselves. But soon the two boys we met in the changing room joined us. Then 4 more boys who played in the schools band sat with us. Also 3 girls sat at our table. "Are you the two boys who beat up the bullies" one of the boys asked. "It was dumb luck cause I was trying to avoid them" "But they kept stepping in the swings path and got hit because of that" "Then I jumped off and collided with that older boy who caused me to black out" "Yes, but we all saw Cory dive into Louis as he was about to punch your face in" "But I see the one shot he got in, gave you a blackeye" I looked at Cory not knowing that he did that for me. I then leaned forward and wrapped my arms around him and hugged him as I thanked him and told him that I didn't know he did that. Unknown to me, two girls at another table who were at the ice skating rink saw me hugging Cory. The look on their faces was of anger and hatered aimed at me. The second bell rang signaling that we had 15 more minutes before the 3rd bell was to ring. So we took our trays and dumped the trash before stacking them with the others. We walked around back and sat at the bench waiting for the 3rd bell. It finally rang and we all returned to class. We did English next and then history before being excused for our last class of the day, physical education. Library "Hey guys, I just saw the kid who took on the three bullies" "He looks familiar but I really couldn't tell cause of the black eye and swelling" "He was sitting next to Cory" Gym This was the only class we would change our clothes for. I took my gym kit out and put my bag in my assigned locker. Then removed all my clothes, right down to my diaper before putting on my gym shorts and tshirt. I wore the same shoes that I was already wearing. I didnt know today but found out later that week, that our P.E. teacher is also the 12-u Crushers head coach who is a teacher at the middle school but also teaches the 5th/6th grade combined P.E. classes at the elementary school. "Okay boys" "Today we're playing dodge ball" "The rules, if you don't know them are, if you get hit, your out" "If you can catch your opponents ball without dropping it, the thrower is out" "You can also use your ball to block another's ball to keep it from hitting you" "The side with the last players standing wins" "Losing team must pick up the equipment after class" The teacher picked two captains and they picked their teams. "You kid, with the black eye" "Yes" "Are you sure that your okay to play" "Yes, I'm sure " I was the last player picked but ended up on Cory's team anyway. I noticed that our team comprised of mostly 5th graders who were of the smaller size. The balls were placed in the middle of the court. We were at the opposite end lines. The teacher blew his whistle and the game was on. The other team rushed the line and picked up all four of the red rubber balls and put them into bplay. There were about 20 kids per team. It was like a duck shoot as our side was being taken out one by one. Finally two balls were thrown at me. One at my feet and one at my head. I jumped the one at my feet and managed to do something no other fifth grader ever did before, catch a thrown ball. The coach was as shocked as was the sixth grader who threw it. So we're my team members. He was the the only boy out on his side. I held onto the ball as another one was thrown at me. I blocked it with the ball I held. Our side was down to Cory another boy and me after only five minutes. I kept ahold of the ball I had when another ball was thrown at me, I dropped my ball and caught his. He was out. I didn't throw the ball back, so now we had 3 balls on our side to one on theirs. They threw their ball and it hit our other teammate knocking him out. Now it was just Cory and I. We had all the balls now. I whispered for Cory to toss the ball up high in the air. He did as I asked and as one boy was getting ready for an easy catch, I threw my ball and hit Cory's ball in the air causing it to go sideways as mine did also. Our balls hit 3 different players before hitting the ground taking them all out. They threw both balls back and this time both Cory and I caught the balls. Two more out. They were complaining about us only playing with two balls and not using the other balls as well. But the coach said that we didn't have to cause we only had two players left. They stopped trying to catch the balls that we threw in the air cause I kept hitting them and getting someone out. It was now down to 4 on two. Our side was cheering us on as were the others that were watching. I barely missed getting my head taken off by a thrown ball. Cory got hit but I caught it before it hit the ground. Then I caught another and then another. It was now our 2 against their one. Coach went over and tossed the two balls we weren't using to the other side. "Hey, your cheating" I said. "Watch how you speak to me boy" "Before you say something that gets you in trouble" Just then the coach blew his whistle and Cory was out. "No fair, you purposely distracted me" "One last warning boy" coach said. The sixth grader had all but one ball. He tried my trick of throwing one in the air but I didn't fall for it. He had one ball left and I didn't pick up any of the balls on my side to throw back. "Come on, throw it at me" "What are you afraid that I'll catch it and win" I guess that pissed him off cause he threw it super hard at my knees. I dropped to the floor and caught the ball. Coach didn't blow his whistle. The whole place was quiet then yelling and cheers irrupted as my teammates and other schoolmates rushed the court to congratulate me. We were jumping up and down cheering. Soon the bell rang and we hustled back to the locker room to get changed. We were about ready to leave when the sixth grader who got out last came over to us. We didn't know what to expect" But he stuck out his hand to me. I reached out and shook his hand. "Good game" he said. Then he turned and left. The end of the day bell rang and off we went to get on our bus. Devin greeted us as we boarded. "How are you two doing"? "Oh, we're good" "Sorry you had to deal with those bullies today" "You won't have to worry about Louis anymore, as he will be going to a different school for troubled youths" "The other two boys are on probation but were hoping that they will come around now that Louis isn't influencing them anymore" "Palmer and Joey are their names" "They are in the red classroom" "Troubled boys" "They could use a friend if the two of you are interested" Cory and I sat separately in the front two seats. All the kids were on board except Joey and Palmer. They boarded and looked for a seat but didn't see anywhere that looked like a good place to sit. Cory and I patted the seats next to us and watched them look at us. "Come on and seat down" "We can't leave until you two do" Cory said. Begrudgingly they sat down with their heads looking straight down. Devin smiled and headed out. I took out my math book and started on my homework. I kept catching Palmer looking over at my work. "I see you looking" "Do you have math work to do" ? "Yes but I'm no good at it" "Get out your book and I'll help you" "Why"? "Whats in it for you" I was confused. "Why does something have to be in it for me" "Cause that's how things are" "Now, that I think about it" "Your right" "See, I knew it" "Whats in it for me, is possibly making a friend" That wasn't what Palmer was expecting. Palmer looked over at his friend Joey who was already getting help with his English spelling words from Cory. So he got out his beginner's math book and opened it up to additions. I immediately knew that this math was what I did back in 3rd grade. I felt sad for Palmer cause noone probably ever helped him or showed him how to do his homework. I put my book away and had him turn to where he was at. He was on double digits additions. 'Show me what you can do" He had 45 plus 67. He added 5 plus 7 and put 12 below the line. Then he added 4 and 6 and put 10 below the line. He added them together and got 22. "Okay" "That was a good try" "Now I'm going to show you how to carry over the number to get the correct answer" "What you added was correct" "But the format you used was wrong" "Lets put the 45 under the 67" "Now if you add 7 and 5, what do you get"? "12" "Correct" "So what you do is put the ones number which is the 2 under the line and carry the tens number which is the 1 on top of the tens column" "Which is the 6" "Now add them all together" "4 + 6 + 1 = 11" "Correct" "Now put that number under the line next to the 2" "What do you have"? "112" "Correct" "This is the first time anyone's ever showed interest in helping me" Palmer said. Then he smiled. "Okay, it looks like you have 9 more to do" "We then did the next problem and then another and another and before we knew it, Palmer had all his math homework done" Devin called out to both Palmer and Joey. They had been so into their work that they hadn't even realized that they were at their bus stop. They got up and grabbed their backpacks and got off. But as the bus pulled away, Cory and Mattie saw them waving at them which caused them to wave back. Mattie got up and sat next to Cory. "It's really sad that nobody has ever taken the time to help them learn" "I know what you mean" "Joey didn't know that our names were proper nouns" "Plus I don't think he can read to well" "Then, I guess it's up to us to not only be their friends but also help them get up to their grade level" Mattie said. Our stop came up and Cory and I got off. Cory fell in step next to Mattie as he turned towards the tree line. "Where are you going Cory" "Home" he said. "You live this way" "Yes but I take the path to the right at the fork" "It keeps going further into the woods over by the two new houses that are almost finished" "Cool" Mattie said "Well this is where we part ways" Cory said. "Okay" At the back of the elementary school The twins came walking out with Carter between them. All three wear carrying their tennis rackets. They met up with two other boys also on the tennis team. As they were walking over to the middle school for tennis practice one of their team members spoke up. "I saw the boys who tangled with the bullies during free period" "I went to the gym to shoot some hoops but they were playing dodge ball" "So I figured I'd stay and watch the slaughter" "Well" Carter said impatiently. The sixth graders were brutally knocking them off one at a time" "Then I got a shock" "What already" "The boy from the swings caught a sizzler from Steven" "Let me get this right" "He caught the ball" "From Steven" "What is he, crazy" Shaking his head up and down. "Cory also caught a ball but blackeye boy was in a zone" Blackeye boy" "Oh yes, Louis got one punch in and it was a bruiser" "Pour kids eye is all swollen and bruised" "It's going to be a nice shiner by tomorrow" Woods behind our house. I ran the rest of the way through the woods and opened our back gate to our yard. There next to the fence was a goalie net and some type of a machine cannon gun. "Hey there champ" "That's some shiner you got there" "The school called us and told us all about what happened today" "Daddy, it wasn't my fault" "I know that champ" "So I'm not in trouble" "Of course not" "It just so happens that I came home early" "Why daddy" "I wanted to be here to show you your surprise" "Since it's apparent that my little boy is going to be a goalie, I got you a combination shooter that can simulate the speed and action of a puck or ball for you to practice with" "So hurry up to your room and change into your goalie gear" "When your done practicing, I made a room in the shed for you to put your gear in" "Remember to grab the skates Warren gave you" So I rushed upstairs and changed into my goalie gear and then back to our backyard. Daddy had set the goalie net up by the fence area and had the shooter about the distance of a hockey rink blue line. The ground had been dug out to simulate a third of an ice hockey rink. The floor was solid poured concrete with a 6 inch high concrete wall going around the outside perimeter. "When it gets down another 10°f, we'll be able to put water in here and have an ice rink" "Then you can load hockey pucks in the machine and practice stopping those" I was extremely happy and hugged my daddy with all my gear on. Just then the back gate opened and in walk Cory. "Hello there" can I help you"? "Sir, is this Matties house"? I heard daddy talking to someone and turned to see Cory. "Hey Cory" "Hey Mattie, I didn't know you played goalie" "I'm trying out for the 12-u league this year" "So cool Cory, so am I" "We can practice together if you'd like" "I'd really like that" Cory helped me load the puck shooter and turned it on so the balls would shoot out. After ten minutes he asked me, "Where did you play at before" "I've never played before" I answered. "There's noway that's true with how your stopping all the balls that are coming at you" "Cory, I'm telling you the truth" "Then you must be a natural" "My daddy says I'm a natural at puck handling" "I have a stick you can use to shoot with" I got the stick and Cory practiced shooting as I practiced stopping him. I stopped almost every shot Cory made. It was the second chance shots that he got passed me. Not any of his first shots got by me. I didn't know that my daddy was watching us from the upstairs porch. We were getting tired and decided we had enough. I took off my hockey gear put it away in the outside shed where my daddy told me to put it. Then we headed inside to get a drink. My mommy saw us coming inside and had fruit sliced and lemonade already made for us. "Heres a small snack as we will be eating soon" "Also sweetheart, the nurse told us to make sure that you ice your eye" "So heres a bag of crushed ice that I want you to put on your eye when your done with your snack" "Ok mommy" "Cory honey,, if you want to eat with us, you'll need to call your mommy and ask her" Cory called his mommy to ask if he could eat with us. Cory's mommy wanted to talk to my mommy. They talked for a good 15 minutes but my mom gave us a thumbs up. Cory was told to behave and come home right afterwards. We had salad, soup and lasagna for dinner with garlic bread. We talked about school and what happened today. Apparently my parents had been advised about that the situation and that it had been taken care of. I said bye to Cory after dinner and walked him to the back gate. We hugged each other and said goodbye. I came back inside and sat with my daddy. "You looked very good out there practicing with your new friend" "Thanks daddy" "Cory's a good shooter" "I need to practice on rebound shots" "That's where he bested me at" "From what I saw, you both looked very impressive" "I'm going upstairs and get ready for bed" "Good night mommy and daddy" Kisses As I laid there thinking about the day and everything that happened, I had to conclude that it was a pretty awesome first day. Even with the confrontation with the bullies. Then my thoughts went to Carter. I missed being able to be with him. He kissed me on the cheek just like my aunt does. But he's a boy. Can boys kiss boys I was wondering. I'll have to ask my daddy the next chance I get. Yea, that's what I'll do. Then Cory's ability to get those shots by me on his return shots had me thinking. I got out a piece of paper and drew a hockey goal. Then the ice surface and the size of the goal. I looked at this from a math angle problem. All of Cory's shots went in the direction that he placed his stick face to the angle of the rebound. Then also depending on the tilt of his sticks face, it determined the rise of the ball. If I just focus on the puck and the players stick angle, I'll be able to mostly stop all first shots as well as second attempts. I knew that this wouldn't be full proof but I was really curious to see if it would work. I closed my eyes and fell asleep. Downstairs "Honey, I have a surprise to show you this coming weekend, so don't make any plans" "But Sue and I were going to do some shopping" "Sue will be there with Dale also" "Plus, you'll both have plenty of shopping to do afterwards" "Now you've gotten me curious, Bob" Well that ends another chapter. I hope that your all enjoying this story so far. Let me know if you care to drop a line. Au Revior Mattie