“You gotta catch a buzz at your house, my mom is gonna drive us”, I had important questions but she hung up. I close the bun of my hamburger phone panicked. This was only the best night of the summer, Teen night at Henry J’s an actual night club.(Doors opened at 6 pm. you walked terrified in circles for 3 hours glued to the 3 people you came with, there was a mirrored hallway area where hot not teens hung around ) The whole idea was an unmitigated disaster and I was living for it or at least from the one other time I had been. I casually exit my bedroom and see my grandmother and little brother watching TV on the couch, I slide into the kitchen in the hopes my mom has developed a drinking problem, no luck, the same situation as always Peach Schnapps and half a bottle of Kahlua. Think bigger Liz, think! I head to the bathroom to at least start my hair. Well, well, well, what do we have here….
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