”“Isn’t the age of sixteen a bit old to give a boy a Teddy Bear?” teased Amanda.“Not when the Teddy Bears are intended to symbolize the real...thing,” countered Carol. “His parents tried to have the real thing stuffed for Sean, but due to the beast having been infected with rabies, the body was cremated.”“Why would they want to have a real bear stuffed for Sean?”“Because he killed it with his bare hands,” said Kirby. “They were proud of him. We were all proud of him.”Amanda glanced at Carol, but. Yeah I meant it.” his heart was pounding, he wanted her so much. He had never been so turned on. He leaned forward his hand going up her thigh slowly she looked down watching it. He looked at her lips moving in to kissed her. Apprehension came back as she pulled away “ Its okay.” he whispering closer and kissing her softly. He had never been so gentle with a girl not even his fist time as he was being with Benja now. Their lips touched sending electric pulses through them. He was tasting. Both of you."Damn! Family meeting. Never good. I knew Tami and I should have gotten out right after dinner.Traci and I sat on either end of the sofa, Dad in his chair, and Mom hovered behind him instead of settling on the arm. No wonder Mom had asked Tami to wait for me in my room."We, uh, I, uh, we have something important to talk to you about." Dad couldn't decide how to assign blame, or responsibility, or whatever. Definitely not a good sign."I, well, uh, I lost my job." What?" Traci. Teenagers there are full participants in society at a much earlier age than here."All that was true, of course, despite the fact that none of the three of us had actually spent any real time there. With the gifts, doing background research for our cover story was a snap. It helped that this was true of Arborian teens to an even greater degree.The third floor was the largest of the three and was made up of three wings separated by the school cafeteria. The southern wing was mostly science and.