Those girls had that planned out. How would you know?
I just still feel guilty, that’s all.
Well, you’ve got to let that go. It could’ve been any one of us and I’m just thankful nothing really happened. They weren’t even out there that long. None of them got pregnant, none of them got hit by a train…
Dave said they were terrified when he showed up. He’d gotten up to get a glass of water and decided to peek in on the girls, to make sure the window was closed since he’d turned the AC on. And the girls were gone. He didn’t even wake me up, he just put on a shirt and went out and found them. He couldn’t say how he knew where they were, he just…knew. I woke up to an empty house and went out on the front porch in a panic, saw Dave and the girls coming up the sidewalk. The girls were crying. Dave had his stern face on, but I could see the twinkle in the corners of his eyes. I could tell.
I did shit like that all the time when I was their age. Worse, even. I’m not worried about those girls a bit.
Not even a little?
Not even a little.
I told Claire she’s grounded for at least a week. Maybe longer. I haven’t decided yet.
Keri’s grounded for a week too. And Hannah’s at her dad’s anyway since Shelly’s in Cancun.
Would you go back…if you could…be that age again?
What, if I had some kind of teenage dream time machine?
Exactly.
I was fourteen in 1992. So we’re talking what…Boyz II Men, Kris Kross, “To Be with You” by Mr. Big? I listen to them and that’s enough time machine for me. Oh, and “November Rain” by GnR. Also, Trey Brown shoving his tongue down my throat at the skating rink.
I was fourteen in 1990. Just bones and legs and hair. I must’ve gone through a can of White Rain a week. I loved Roxette. Oh and “Black Velvet” by Alannah Myles! Dave was forever shoving his tongue down my throat at our locker.
You two! And wow, I love that song so much. Also, Paula Abdul, Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston…those are my jams. And I wore two pairs of socks with my Keds! I can’t even remember why. LOL. Oh and scrunchies! Everything was scrunchies. And jellies. I loved my jellies. I was a cheerleader! Were you a cheerleader?!
I loved my jellies too! I remember how they used to smell! And no. I wasn’t a cheerleader. I wasn’t nearly that cool! LOL.
I was only cool for like, a minute. :) Btw, I lost my virginity to “I’ll Make Love to You” by Boyz II Men. I mean, wow.
Dave and I were listening to DEF LEPPARD.
POUR SOME SUGAR ON ME?!
Of course! LOL.
I love it. Did you ever dye your hair?
Bright pink once and my mom almost killed me. I used to spray Sun In in my hair when I laid out, but it didn’t do much. It smelled good though. I wanted to be Drew Barrymore. I wanted to be Courtney Love for a minute too.
Same. This is so funny…all the women our age…we were practically living the same life! We’re all connected…like magic.
Exactly like magic. We don’t even need a teenage dream time machine! LOL.
LOL. But wow NO! I wouldn’t go back to being a teenager though. All that insecurity and acne? Never.
NEVER. Praise the Lord! We’ve got such beautiful, good girls.
They are wildly beautiful. And even when they’re a little bad, they’re still pretty good.
And they have each other.
And so do we.
You couldn’t pay me to go back.
Not even if we had a hot-pink teenage dream time machine!
With glitter all over it!
And it’d smell like Love’s Baby Soft.
And that Debbie Gibson perfume I had.
Electric Youth!
And Exclamation!
Wow, I’d forgotten about that one.
Ooh and Jean Nate!
Ok, I really forgot about that one!
I used to sneak in my mom’s room and put it on.
I used to sneak and read my parents’ copy of Joy of Sex.
LOL! I did the same thing!
Let’s put a copy of that in the teenage dream time machine. The one from the 70s with the armpit hair!
Totally hot. Also, I had a crush on Keanu Reeves!
So did I! And both Jason Priestley AND Luke Perry!
Absolutely the 90210 boys! And Mark-Paul Gosselaar! And girl, Eddie Vedder. I would’ve done ANYTHING for Eddie. And I mean ANYTHING.
Exact same. Oh and I also had the BIGGEST crush on Dwayne Wayne from A Different World!
ME TOO.
Wow, ok. While we’re