Were moving again! My teen years part#4

After a year on Lyon Street we moved to Gloucester Street only 2 blocks away. This house was not as big but it had a larger yard and a garage. It was another duplex and our neighbor was a family called Barb. It was then that I met Dominique. I was trying to fix my Mom’s close line when he came over from his side of the yard and helped me. Dom and me hit it of right away it seems. They were also a big family of nine children and I learned that there were more but a couple died at birth. I seem to remember that one was hit and run at an early age. At first I didn’t hang out with them but I would go sit on the front porch every time they would hang out on there porch. Up the street from us lived 3 French sisters, Dominique, Martine and Isabelle . All three were beautiful! The girl that got my attention was Martine. She had long blonde hair with a very pale complexion, complimented by the most beautiful blue eyes. Every time I saw them pass by on the way to the corner store I would rush out and sit on my porch awaiting there return. I would ware my favorite pants with psychedelic patterns and my purple shirt .If I saw those close today I would blush with disbelief. One day I decided to make my move! Of course my move as I call it was to declare my interests in Martine by sending her flowers. Within 10 minutes Dominique the eldest sister inquired why I was sending flowers and what my intentions were. I said “no intention I’m just being nice”. This seems to satisfy her. Truth is I had no sex education and had not dated yet nor did I know what to do with a girlfriend! Essentially I was attracted to her but had no Idea what I would have done if she had returned the attention. From that point on I admired her from the distance until the summer came and she would develop an interests in Richard, Dom’s best friend at the time. That summer I started to hang out with Dom and Richard but only occasionally and usually because Dom invited me. I always felt that Richard felt threaten by my friendship with Dom. Over the summer I started hanging out more and more with Dom and Richard. It was with them that first started drinking on the weekends. Dom got a dog so I went and got one too. I called mine Sheba. His dog was so obedient and a good guard dog but mine wasn’t this frustrated me but maybe it’s because Sheba had my personality. It’s when we had these dogs that I met Mike. I mention Mike because he would later be a significant part of my past influence. We often went there to hang out and have a few drinks but Mike is a later topic. I often tagged along with Dom when he would go see his girlfriend Roma and later on Nancy . Its funny how I can remember some of there names and yet forget other names.Dom was a good friend to me and a good influence in many ways. We had alot of memories in those few years we hung out.