Mom was called at work, and she and Bob rushed to the hospital to meet me. My sisters were called at the high school, and they showed up not long afte... that.The other ambulances took the injured boys to a different ER, so it was a while before we found out exactly what had been going on. At the moment, I couldn't care less about that. I was kind of floating off in left field somewhere, but I do remember saying to Margie just before I was hauled off to the OR (Operating Room) that I was sorry. That's what she would wear for her bartending duties. She mostly wanted to get some sleepwear. The cotton nightshirt was fine when she thought they'd be in separate rooms in Atlanta but it didn't send the right message while they were sharing an apartment in Emerald Cove. So after they decided just to spend the evening catching up on television, Jan had appropriated one of Bryant's dress shirts for her evening wear.She had been forced to roll up the sleeves half a dozen times but that was okay.. If Barclay was even remotely normal, the sight of her exposed breasts was probably permanently embossed in his brain!There were worse things in life, Allison thought as she opened the door to the dining hall. She could do much worse than Barclay. If only he weren't dating her roommate. And if only that roommate hadn't become such a good friend to Allison... He was literally the first guy who ever tempted her romantically. Besides Professor Salinger that was, but he was an unattainable goal at. Ned, too busy running to hear anything but his own pounding heart and slapping feet, was headed to the same spot. He saw a dark and quickly growing shadow and looked up just as Bob leapt, paws wide and tongue ready for a hello slobber. Before Ned could do anything, Bob knocked him onto the grassy yard of the house on the corner, and was licking Ned’s head, face, arms and neck, his tail wagging madly. Ned tried to wrestle Bob away but gave up as he started to laugh hard from all the messy.