“How does my back look?” Jessica worriedly asked, as the three girls left the table. “Oh, my.” Leah stammered. The redheaded Jessica had such...pale skin, she always got sunburned so easily. The blistering sun definitely hadn’t had any compassion for her back this afternoon. “You lay in the sun for too long Jess.” Lily had come to stand next to Leah to get a look. “Gingers shouldn’t lie in the sun” she teasingly said to her friend “Soullessness causes sunburns, ask the vampires.” Jessica. ‘We gunna make the fire at sunset,’ the boy grinned. ‘See you on the beach.’ He indicated the spot with a finger. I nodded, paid him the twenty U.S. dollars I owed. When I glanced towards the ocean, after the boy had departed on his wood gathering errand, Ulla was in the water, swimming. Time for a cold beer I thought, leaving the woman to her bathing. The barbecue was a success. The boys, their enthusiasm and lust for life ensured nothing less. Beer flowed like blood on a battlefield, and. She pushed Sansa off her gently and pinched one of the redhead’s breasts.“Sweetling, go to my room and wait for me,” Zoe told the girl. After a moment she added, “…with your legs spread.”Zoe continued to surprise Tom by sitting down next to him and putting a hand on his arm. She leaned in and whispered in his ear. “I found the camera.”Zoe let those four words hang in the air. Tom couldn’t think. He couldn’t move. He couldn’t breathe. How could he deny it? Its not like he just forgot that room. Everyone teased us about it, with Dave leading the way, but we didn't mind.Our practice that evening was memorable in another respect, for it was then that we laid the groundwork for an unprecedented occurrence. For the first time, we made plans for another performer to take the stage with us.That other performer was none other than Allie. She had become a frequent visitor at the Andrade residence when we practiced. Hanging out with us before practice that evening, she proclaimed, "I finally.