{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fswiss\fcharset0 Arial;}} {\*\generator Msftedit 5.41.15.1507;}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs20\par \par \par \par \par \pard\qc The Neighborhood\par Introduction\par \pard\par \par \par \par \par \tab Martin's Corners was a nice little village, One hamlet of many which skirted the bigger city nearby. Many residents worked in the city, but much prefered to live and raise families in the smaller community. Something else many families enjoyed about the area was the population of kids in the neighborhood. Of the three dozen or so families, more than a dozen had children. There was the Carpenters, who had three children: Ten year old Jimmy, eleven year old mindy, and sixteen year old Dan. Not far down the road lived the Walkers, with little four year old Brenda and sixteen year old Jeremy. Then there were the Pattersons, with their two girls; Becca and Jodi. Then there was Amy Meyer and her mom, who lived next door to the Pattersons. Most of the kids knew eachother, and many of the girls hung out together. The boys however, were a much more tightly knit group. Jeremy and and Dan, with their friend Seth; were the official "gang" in town. Not neccisarily in the negative sense, but they were known to spend most of their time together. What wasn't known was one of the common ties that drew the boys to one another. They all had a special attraction to young girls. They mostly hung out in the basement of Jeremy's house, which was his bedroom. Either that or in the old shack on the property. The Walkers had a large tree strewn back yard, and the property extended into the woods for a few acres. The old shack was a hunting shack well inside the tree line at the back end of the property. It had been there when they'd bought the house from Jeremy's grandfather, and Jeremy convinced his dad to leave it standing for his own uses and storage. Martin's Corners seemed very quiet and average, but much of the day to day interactions of the younger population were perhaps quiet, but not average.\par }