It had meant following them around for a few days to keep them on a short leash, and therefore not gaining anything new on the demon. But it paid off ...ig time.Not only was the big beast bodyguard now out of the picture for a good while, if not permanently, but we had caught some great footage of the target fighting. I was quite surprised the bodyguard survived at all. Usually a HEFW shredded anything it was pointed at. But then the kids operating it had no real experience, so hadn't held the. " I know you didn't," reassured Rachel. "But that is how unplannedpregnancies can occur." Oh." But you didn't have sex. Why?" Because I nearly puked," I blurted out really not wanting to discuss it."So this was worse than when you were just excited?"All I could do was nod. Just the memory of my feelings made me feel ill.From nowhere Rachel pulled out a biscuit tin, took off the lid andoffered it to me. I peered inside and took a ginger biscuit."Just nibble it," suggested Rachel."Thanks. Is. It turned out that even if you didn't win your state competition, you could enter an interstate competition. There were eight of them; ours included contestants who'd won divisions in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Missouri.If you won a division at an interstate, you were eligible for the nationals, provided the national show didn't already have more than thirty entrants in your division and provided you were willing to pay your own way. Those competitions were actually. She barely registered that traffic was lighter than normal for this time of day, as she struggled just to keep her eyes open and on the road. She had debated on just sleeping in her office, but hated the thought of Harold catching her sleeping through the middle of the day.Carol pulled into her driveway, and fumbled with her keys, dropping them in her attempts to unlock her front door. She needn't have bothered though, as the door opened for her. Bent over, the first thing she saw was a man's.