I was reminded yesterday of a time when my cousin Michelle and I used to torture my sister. This was something that I was always up for no matter who my accomplice was. Being almost two years younger than her always gave me the motive to make her life miserable whenever possible. Everything Tina ever did was ammunition. The fact that she had discovered boys before myself just meant that I could tease her. Before I reveal the secrets of my torture, please note that I love my sister. She is family and I would die for her. Also, I want to thank Michelle for reminding me of this, so thank you Michelle, I love you.
About the time that Tina turned 14 she had really started to notice boys. Michelle was staying with us for a few days and we had made it our mission to terrorize her. We sat out to follow her on one of her many trips around the trailer court to impress a boy named John. Now John was a very handsome young man, he lived just a few trailers down and Tina just knew that this was the man of her dreams. She had spent the better part of the morning fixing her hair and spraying it down with auqua net to make sure it was as high as possible, she had checked and re-checked herself in the mirror to make sure that her perky little breast were as high as they should be and that her butt didn't look to big. The makeup was on and she was ready to start her journey. Michelle and myself were also ready.
We knew that she would be mad at us for what we were planning so we didn't let her know. We waited until she left and then we started out on our journey about twenty feet behind her. She kept asking us to go back home and to leave her alone. She said she was only going for a walk, but we knew what she was doing for sure.
Once she got to the spot where John could see her and us, we sprung into action. First we decided to start barking like dogs and whimpering. When that resulted in a red faced scream for us to stop, we decided that the only thing left was to start lifting our legs on the trees and bushes to mark our territory.
Needless to say Tina decided it was best to go back home and wait for another chance to impress the man of her dreams. Victory was ours and we went about our business, planning our next attack on Tina when she least expected it.
I don't know how she ever forgave Michelle and I for this, but she did. I guess she figured she owed me for almost killing me, according to Grandma, when she hit me in the head with a belt buckle while we were practicing our Sonny and Cher routine. That fight was over who was going to sing Cher's part.
