My neighbors granddaughter came over again today. There is a decided lack ok kids her age around these parts so she has been hanging out with me a lot. Her mom is going through a nasty divorce and sent Bethany to her parents house here from Chicago for the rest of her summer vacation. My neighbors are good friends and also like family. They knew of no reason she shouldn’t bang around with me even though I was twice her 12 years. As long as she didn’t become a burden. We got along great and i had a secret desire for her. I had spied on her through her Bedroom windows a few times in the week she has been here. Out of the blue, as we were walking to the house after weeding my garden she said, “Grams says she is going to take me shopping tomorrow for a bra.” Then, “What do you think?” We looked at each other far a moment when I pulled open the sliding glass door on the back deck. “Well, I guess girls need a bra eventually for support when their breasts begin to grow.” We went into the kitchen relishing the cold air conditioning. “I don’t really even have b**** yet.” “Kind of, their just now starting to bud out.” She looked at me for a second then pulled a wine cooler and a beer from the fridge handing them to me. She got herself a glass with some ice as I opened her bottle. As far as the other adults were concerned she drinks pink lemonade. Her mom even checked once when she dropped Beth off and she actually had a glass of pink lemonade. “You um, you noticed my aaa my b****?” Her pretty face was turning red.