." Istammered."I know exactly what you meant, sweetie. But you don't want peoplethinking you're a boy wearing a dress, do you? Well, pretty soon, they...on't. We got really lucky. Lisa had a cancellation, and she can doyour hair today. It usually takes me weeks to get an appointment, andwe're close friends! We have an hour or so, and it's just five minutesaway, so let's stop at the mall."A few minutes later, we pulled into a huge shopping mall, with a Macy'son one end and a Nordstrom's on the. I gave her a choice, kneel and serve or not. She chose to not kneel."Brooklyn felt sick. Was she about to see the road not travelled? What would have happened to her if she hadn't knelt before him that night. If she had fought back and tried to run. At that moment a woman walked onto the stage dressed head to toe in bright red latex, her silky hair sprouting from the top in a high ponytail. She was wearing the same back leather harness as the two girls who had prepared her, but had a gold tag. ”I walked towards Ginger and handed her my coat and then the weapon belt with my Swift and knife, “hold this?”She hesitated before nodding and accepting it. As she walked to the side the warrior strode towards me, “Now you will face a real warrior.”I smiled, “I have faced those better than you a thousand times.”She lunged with her hands and claws reaching for me. I slid straight back as I caught a hand and twisted it out and back. I turned as she twisted with her wrist and fell. I snapped a. I decided that I wasn't going to date him this summer." Why?" Her mother asked."I'm not explaining myself to you. I can date whomever I want. It's my life. Leave me alone." She walked out onto the porch. Her brother followed."If he hurt you I'm going to..." Oh, fuck you." Crap. My parents heard that. Jane walked around the lake but it didn't help her anger.That night Jane drove her parent's car to the Burger Queen. Most kids there were high school kids but some of her old friends were sitting.