"Hey Wade."

"George." Wade nodded as he finished pulling a beer. "You watch the game?"

"Caught the end." George pulled out his wallet. "What's my total?"

Wade grabbed a slip of paper. "$6.73"

George held out a ten. "Keep the change."

Wade rung up the bill, dropping the change in the tip jar. Business had been pretty good lately and everyone was being generous with their tips. So generous that Wade was thinking about doing a little shopping. Getting free room and board for working on the old plantation, plus some handyman work here and there, let him be a bit more extravagant at times. He'd cracked the screen on his cell phone when it fell out of his pocket and he couldn't help thinking perhaps it was time to get one of those fancy smart phones that could get on the Internet. Or maybe he'd get himself a computer and stop using Lavon's or going to the library. Then again, he had two people to buy presents for this holiday so perhaps he'd just save the money for that.

"Hey Wade." Charlie's voice interrupted his thoughts. "Got an order for ya."

Wade grabbed the plates. Zoe and Rose were deep in conversation when he walked up.

"Give it time." Zoe was saying as he laid down the plates.

Wade rolled his eyes. He could guess the topic, it was the only one that Rose ever talked about.

"You want some real advice. Give it up."

"Wade. You aren't helping." Zoe shot back as Wade grabbed a chair from the neighboring table, spinning it around so he could lean on the back.

"Look Rose, I know you didn't ask me but I'm going to give you a bit of advice. From someone that used to be a 15 year old boy so I know a heck of a lot more about what they're like.

"Boys are stupid. Especially teenage boys. It's not our fault. It's part of being a teenage boy and all that puberty stuff."

"Puberty? That's your excuse." Wade held a hand up to stop Zoe, only to get it slapped away.

"Trust me Rose. Boys hit puberty and all we think about are boobs."

"Boobs?"

"Boobs, tits, breasts."

"I know what they are. But boys don't think about nothing but girl's breasts."

"Oh yeah. They do. Even when they are thinking about something else, or trying to think about something else, a girl walks by and all they can think about is her boobs. How big they are, what they look like, touching them. It's that whole boobs are about feeding babies, which goes with making babies, which is most of why there's sex in the first place so human beings don't die out like in those end of the world movies. All those hormones make boys think like that, it's what puberty's for. To make us want to make babies."

"And some of you never grow out of it." Zoe said out of the side of her mouth.

"Look Rose, you're a pretty girl but lets face it, you're as flat as a popsicle stick. Especially compared to a girl like Magnolia Breeland. And when it comes to teenage boys and the whole hormone thing, bigger is better."

Wade stood up and slid the chair back over to the empty table.

"Take my advice and just move on." He nodded and started to walk back to the bar.

"Well maybe some boys are like that but not Frederick Dean." Rose shot back, stopping Wade in his tracks.