So I'm finishing up in there and as I turn to leave, in she comes with a friend of hers and I knew in an instant that this was it.She didn't even say ...nything just smacked me straight in the face, I hit the floor and was dizzy. What a punch! Next thing I know she's on top of me, straddling my chest and using her knees to pin my arms down, her friend was holding my legs, so I couldn't kick out. She was pulling my hair and hitting me all over. Then, the hardest hit she'd given me, the. "And I know I showed interest in boys. Jen's brother certainly wasn't a half bad hunk", Kacey says.Jen's brother, Michael, is now my sister Amy's boyfriend. "That's true. I was happy to take in that wiener a couple of times", I tell her."But you know prom is coming up", she says."Of course." And I was wondering ... oh, I don't know if I have the nerve", she says nervously."What is it, Kacey? Tell me! I'm your best friend", I beg her."If you would be my date to the prom?" Oh, Kacey ... do you. " * * * *Laddin Summis, soon to be lord of Cardasia in the neighboring nationofAnkarria and currently son of the ambassador to the wealthy andpowerful city state of Jhalmar, was rubbing one of his feet when afamiliar voice intruded on his internal swearing."It would appear, my lord that you are in some discomfort." The man, whochose to remain nameless but had access to a very full purse that helpedfund Laddin's gambling habit smirked while watching the. "World Traders' base is a good ways north of the equator, by almost twenty degrees, and we must be at least fifty or sixty degrees south by the height of the sun. Let's see, seventy degrees of latitude, and probably a fair amount of longitude. That's, let me see if I can figure it. Aurora's only about six thousand miles in diameter..."His voice trailed off as he worked the figures over in his head."How far do we have to go?" Audrey seemed shaken, as though only now realizing just how large even.