Scenes From A Holiday
It wasn't just because Nicki Heller was a Sagittarius, although Sagittarians were known to love the pursuit of love more than the actual act. They were also well known for being incorrigible flirts; their selfimage had them believing absolutely everyone found them attractive. But let's face it, everyone she ever went out with did want to marry her.Hey, the truth was the truth.
The list had even included Davey Horowitz, who had sat behind her in the third grade. Since 1974 was not a time when boys dipped girls'pigtails into ink wells when they had a crush, Davey had twisted the head of her firstnightofHanukkah gift, a brand new Mod Barbie, until it completely disconnected from the body. The proportions of that body would have been 361832 on a real girl — and, despite her infatuation with Barbie, the eightyearold Nicki already knew they were proportions she'd never have and, believe it or not, would never even aspire to, thank you very much.
Davey had detached the doll's head from its ridiculous body so he could throw it across the room to Tony Morelli, who said he wo ... read full excerpt from: Scenes from a Holiday ebook
