"Ouch, what was that for." For your studies and observations." She said with a smirk.We finished dinner and drove out to the lake, it was dark by now ...nd I parked facing the lake, it was beautiful with the fall moon dancing across the waters. Now it was a little awkward for me. Just what did you do now, here I was 17 and had never really been on a date before. I am sitting next to this vision of loveliness, my best friend even and I couldn't think of a thing to say. Fortunately she saved. "I really liked it, I like you." Scott looked up from his seat at Andrew. Andrew glanced over and grinned the kind of grin that let of an air of uncertainty and happiness. Soon they reached Andrews house, a quiet place in the suburbs overlooking Lake Washington. He lived with his dad who was gone a lot. He was a corporate guy and not around much. His mom had left a long time ago.They got out and Scott leaned on Andrew;s shoulder as they climbed the steps to his front door. Andrew called out for. And began to mince. mandy was just ahead of him. With every step, he could feel the monster plug move. In and out, just a little, but it was unnerving. His toes were getting crushed. Looking down, he saw that mandy's boots were smaller, the arches higher, the angle steeper. He heard her groan almost silently. Then he felt the whip. Mistress Red had moved into the center of the track. "Faster, shitsissies."He tried to go faster, but his left heel beeped, and he cringed. But there was no whip. I gathered everyone. I told them I was thinking of making this our base and exploring the Islands before moving into the continent. Once we have flown over most of the area looking for people and signs of people and met those we could, we would move to the continent and set up another base. That sounded good to everyone and would be our program. Although I did it reluctantly, separating our flights would double the area we could cover in the same amount of time. I decided to do that recognizing.