’ Todd laughed. ‘Watch out or you’re likely to lose your ride too.’ The girls were having way too much fun. The tiny bathroom was soon feeling...cramped, with barely covered bodies brushing against each other as all four tried to apply makeup, brush hair and get dressed. Amongst the giggles, hands playfully smacked, pinched and squeezed. Finally, they all piled into one car, laughing and talking as they took off to Duke’s. Liz called ahead of time, ordering a pitcher of juice and a couple of. .. Really? You’d do that for me? You’d give up your dream of being independent just to come babysit me? No, you can’t—”“I can’t?” Ayanna put on a mock-serious face. “Now listen here, whippersnapper. I’m gonna be the one in charge here, and I’ll be the one who decides what can or can’t be done when I’m running whatever hospital we end up at. You just think about all those books you’re gonna have to read to become my top doc.”Alaina squealed and tackled her best friend sideways, squeezing her. I: Did you beat up on him?Doe: No! I’d been taught that just ‘cause someone is smaller than you don’t mean you go beating up on them. That’s why when the other kids did I stopped them. I was big for my age so when I stepped in the other kids backed off. I got in trouble for bullying, of course, but I knew I was in the right.I: And how did Doc … I mean Ernst react to this?Doe: He thanked me and said if I kept “the other gorillas” off him he’d help me with my math. And he did. He didn’t do it for. The gelding did not look to be in great need of water. It appeared the preacher, as I begun to think of him because of the black suit and the small wagon, had filled up his water bladders recently. The Indian and I silently agreed to back track the wagon until we found water.We unhooked the horse from its traces. The Indian examined the horse while I finished going through the wagon. The wagon was small enough so that going through it took only minutes. After we finished our tasks I took a good.