’ She did as he requested ‘What are we doing with the map?’ ‘Do you know where the Black Sea is, Tiffany?’ ‘Yeah. That’s over here to th... south of Russia, right?’ She looked at the map and, after looking at both the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, found the correct body of water on the map. ‘Do you know why it’s called the Black Sea?’ ‘Um, I, er, well….’ Tiffany decided that this was one question she couldn’t bluff her way out of. ‘No, I don’t think so.’ ‘If you take a piece of silver and dip it. He said if I didn’t do well he would let me retake it. I was the first one finished, and he started grading it as soon as I turned it in. I had about twenty minutes left in class so I pulled out my new book and started memorizing it. Five minutes before the end of class Mr. Newton asked to see me. We stepped outside. ‘Wow! You scored a perfect test! Is this your favorite subject or something?’ ‘No sir, that’s my usual test performance though. If I hadn’t gotten a perfect score I would have been. "Is that what you wanted?" I asked.She shrugged."That's not a good enough answer," I said. "Tell me what you want." These are very personal questions," she said."I know. Answer me anyway," I demanded."I guess I like the sex, but sometimes guys don't treat me well, like they hit me or call me names, and I don't like that," she said."Do they make you do anything else that you don't like?" I asked.She nodded."Like what?" I asked.She shrugged again."Laura, tell me something that a boy has done that. " Uncle Bob?"She only calls me "Uncle" when she's teasing me, and, of course, I knew this wasn't a teasing situation. I felt like she was depending on me to protect her or something. Using a tone I hoped sounded on the Guardian Angel level I said, "What is it, Sweetie?" I'm sorry; and I won't ever do it again."I wanted to tell her she could do it as often as she wanted for the rest of our lives, but didn't want to freak her out anymore than she was already and settled for, "It's okay,.