Dad was military, a Major in the Army. Alan always asked if he could come over and that we could do homework together. He just kept saying that Alan must be some sort of pervert. Alan and I have been friends since elementary school. Of course, he got caught when Penelope’s Father called Alan’s Mother asking why he was sent with alcohol when neither Penelope nor Alan was old enough to drink. I did everything I could throughout our life long friendship to guide him. Practically everyone saw as she ‘seduced’ him right under the bleachers while the game was in progress. I stood in line for about a half an hour before I finally got to the seafood guy to get my Mom’s tuna steaks. I never saw anyone like Alan, someone who, no matter what he tried, he always got caught, doing the wrong thing, saying the wrong thing, or just acting wrong. Of course, Alan being Alan knocked over a vase and broke it. I bought all that I had money for from Mom, although I did spend $1.89 on a bottle of Aquafina as it was the only cold beverage that they had.
