The pass was right in front of them now and they knew they would lose the riders and their heavier horses, against the fleeter highland ponies that we...e used to the terrain. Without any cause or reason, the ponies seemed to have more speed and began pulling away from the pursuers. The riders urged their horses for more speed, but the archers kept pulling away from them. MacRae and the others watched the pursuit and knew it would be close. From where they were, it looked as though they rode. " Ich kann nicht." Wieso nicht? Wir sind die besten Freunde, es gibt keine Heimlichkeitenzwischen uns." Ich kann nicht", wiederholte ich."Das gilt nicht. Entweder du sagst, was los ist, oder du wirstausgeschlossen."Ich wurde ?rgerlich. "Das musst du gerade sagen. Du w?rdest nicht mal soetwas einfaches machen wie ein Kleid anzuziehen und willst mich zwingen?"Dann fuhr mein Mund fort zu reden, bevor ich ihn zuhalten konnte, "Ichsage dir was. Ich erz?hle genau denen etwas, die so ein Kleid. As soon as John found out, he was over pestering me for a date. It was then I understood that by not blowing him off I was leading him on, letting him think he had a chance. Even now, instead of me telling him no and getting rid of him once and for all, I told him he had one chance with me. I said I’d go on one date with him and if he didn’t rock my world, it would be good-bye. John informed me that he would start our night by him cooking me dinner. You see this was my problem with this boy, I. His life had so much potential--maybe it still did--but things just kept getting more and more complicated.It was barely past 7 a.m. when his phone started to ring. He figured it was someone from next door wondering if he were awake. He was partially right.“Hey,” a cheerful Mel said into his ear. “Did I wake you? If not, go back to bed and I’ll call in a few minutes.”Brock actually smiled at Mel’s awful joke.“No,” he said. “I haven’t been to bed yet. I had an interesting night.”Mel agreed.