I look into her warm eyes and give her a small smile so she knows that I’m in this before I slowly crawl over to her feet.Lauren doesn’t say anyth...ng and turns so she’s heading into a bright, open kitchen. She doesn’t stop in there or say anything about it and just walks through another doorway and down the next hall.I’m trying my best to keep up the pace while also not stumbling around on my knees, but Lauren’s apartment is so much bigger than it seems at first glance. As we head to the last. Emily saw an old tire sticking out of the water, with the tattered remains of a rope still attached around it. The other end, long since severed, hung down a few feet from an overhanging tree limb."The old tire. We'd swing out over the water and jump in to that deep pool."Kyle breathed in deeply, and then closed his eyes. "Billy, Sandra, Annabelle, and me ... We grew up here." It's very peaceful." It is, now. It could be noisy, too, when we played. It was whatever we made it." You knew Billy. Riley dried herself off with the pink bath towel and wrapped it around her body while Maya wraps the white bath towel around her body. Before she could step out of the bathroom, Maya felt Riley's hand on her arm as she starts to pull her back in the bathroom."Maya, don't go out there. A burglar might be in the apartment and if he sees us we're doomed." Riley whimpers."Relax, Riles. It'll be okay. If anyone tries to hurt you, I'll hurt them." Maya said as she gave Riley a quick kiss on the. ' I know youdidn't ditch my class, it isn't like you to do that. You actually wantto be here, unlike so many of your classmates. I just wanted to hear itfrom you, I have my sources and know what you can do if given half achance to draw on your own."Class started and Morgan wasn't far behind as she knew a lot of thethings that they were talking about. Imp kept her as the center ofattention for much of the class as they discussed artwork and opinionsof the various derivatives and knock-offs of.