Sitting up, face being massaged by one of your hands, the other being used to prop yourself up. Weekday mornings are never pleasant. You never go to b...d at a reasonable hour, plus you have an awesome bed, so leaving its comfortable confines sucks. Especially during these winter months. Like a viking, you brave the cold. You gather some clothes, and head off to the shower.20 minutes later, you're clean, dry, groomed and ready to face another day of 12th grade. You're not sure why people hate. Needless to say he lost it, big time.” She banged her fist on the top of the container, hard and shouted down at it. “You fucking jerk! Why’d you do that to me? It was just a stupid pen!” She erupted into tears again and put her head back down on the box.I tried to console her. “Marlo ... It’s all right. He’s never gonna hurt you like that again. He’s gone. Just a buncha’ ashes in a box, now.” I realized, for her sake, I had to come clean. “Marlo, I have to tell you something.”“What?”“It umm. .." Don't even joke about that," I snapped at Aaron, hoping that no oneheard him. I didn't want anyone to get any ideas, especially since Iactually was a mutant. "Jenna Morton is really into Humanity First, andif she overhears you and gets the wrong idea, I might end up with thoseguys picketing my house or something." The 'something', which I hadn'tspecified, could have been a firebombing or a number of other equallyunpleasant results."Sorry," Aaron responded with an apologetic shrug. . And, what about Kim, or Blake. This will ruin their lives!"JJ sat with her arms crossed, and tears began to glisten in her eyes."JJ, I didn't know this would happen, and I can't change what happened, now. All I can do is help you and the kids adjust to having a Companion," Caleb pleaded."You should have told me before you were released from custody," JJ cried."And what?" Caleb asked, beginning to get angry. "Turn into a guinea pig for your damn General? You know what would have happened. I.