Vanessa had the best summer of her life. Every few days she would knock on Scotty's door and ask him to walk them to the store. It got to be such a pattern that Scotty began looking for them once it got to be ten o'clock. He even kept the apartment straightened up and admonished his brothers and sisters to do the same.

After they went to the store, Scotty didn't always part ways and that was the best for Vanessa. Sometimes he would invite them to the basketball court and ...