A couple of weeks had passed and my eighteenth birthday rolled around. I was very excited as it would be my first year to vote and I’d be able to make my own decisions. Also, as Shane so excitedly pointed out, I’d be able to get into Milk on Wednesday nights. Her and Carmen loved to go dancing and I was the last in our group to turn eighteen.

"It’s going to be so much fun," Shane squealed, a noise I never thought I’d hear come from her, I laughed, "Don’t laugh at me. I’m serious, we’ll go to the club and celebrate your birthday and coming out properly. Maybe you’ll find a nice girl."

"Shaney poo, I already have a nice girl."

"Who? Jenny Fucking Schecter? As if! For one, you’re keeping your out status from her, two you haven’t DTR’d, and three, she’s kind of a fucking psycho."

"Wow Shane, tell me how you really feel."

"I’m serious Kennard, are you really feeling her," she asked and I was silent, "Silence speaks volumes. Drop Jenny and live it up. It’s ok to experiment."

I quietly considered her advice as we walked to the Fro Yo shop off campus. Maybe she was right, I need to get a feel for women. I’d never been with one, and Jenny seemed a little too immature for me. I’m not saying I’m going to jump in the sack with any woman who strikes my fancy. I just want to figure out what I like and what kind of woman I was into.

After school, I dropped all the girls off at their homes. We’d planned to have a "sleep over" tonight, so I could get out of the house with a reasonable excuse. I parked my car in the driveway and saw a package sitting on the doorstep. I bent down to pick it up when I noticed it was shipped internationally. I squealed with delight knowing Tim had sent me something for my birthday.

We had a nice family dinner and my parents said they do something for my birthday with my friends on Saturday. My parents bought me a newer car. It was a black, four door BMW my father had bought real cheap from one of his buddies who was going overseas. They had hidden it in the garage with a big red bow. My brothers had gotten me a different set of wheels, four to be exact. They had gotten me a pink skateboard and helmet, I was very surprised. I wasn’t much of a skateborder but I used one on occasion for fun.