. If I studied harder..."He followed her dreams. Not dreams, nightmares. A series of fragmentary glimpses, horror followed by horror, a girl trapped i... a family tradition of Sunday services and Sunday school and church picnics and outings and a long summer camp where Father Bernard followed. Glimpses of afternoon "chastening sessions" in Father Bernard's office; an evening of painful invasion in Father Bernard's cabin at church camp; rough-handed groping and violations tumbling one after. Maybe it was because I chose to stand the majority of the time leaning over my desk. I had bought along my Ipod & as I listened to my selection of rock, I swayed seductively for their entertainment. On occasion I would turn & more often than not they were leering at me, I would flash them a look of total disapproval. One thing was obvious, there looks were getting more frequent & there expressions more resentful.It was getting late, my time to leave. As I did I removed my earphones & gave the. All the children were to be reanimated. All the colonists returned to the original site where the children's chambers were stored.Some of the children were offspring of married couples who were anxious to reunite with their children. Others had come from orphanages or children whose parents had died or were deemed unfit. Those children had been carefully selected from tens of thousands of children worldwide and had been rigorously tested for genetic superiority. Most of the children in stasis. Maybe third. And there's Shelly. You guys finally make upand now you're going to let Austin break up your friendship AGAIN. Thistime you might not get back together."(Me) "Don't even go there. Shelly's cool with me seeing Austin. Shesaid so."(Negative Alex) "You both said a lot of things. People do that whenthey're emotional. They don't always mean them."(Me) "Just fuck off, okay!"(Negative Alex) "Fine! But don't say I didn't--"The bell rang. Negative Alex vanished in a poof, like a vampire.