As he shouted for me again, I reluctantly walked over. “Hi Dad.” My father gave me a big one-armed hug as he pulled me in close to his chest. He ...as talking with the other set of neighbors who moved into the house on the corner. As he used one of his big paws to ruin my hair, he pushed me out in front of him. “Dick and Sally I want you to meet my beautiful daughter Ashton.” The Fleers seemed really sweet. They were older than I imagined. Having seen their cars and the toys Mr. Fleer had in. The Scorpions began to shoot as soon as they heard me fire, and they took out about half of the demons with their first volley. Their shooting was so effective that I called for the Scorpions to reload, but to stand down to let the people with the pikes have some fun. The Scorpions took the order in good grace and stepped back out of the way. The rest of the fight was a short melee that let most of the rest of the troops at least bloody their pikes, even though all of the enemy were already. He then made seating assignments and told the freshmen that they were not to speak unless spoken to. I found myself sitting across the table from Freeman with a freshman and sophomore on either side of us. I could tell that Freeman had something on his mind but we didn't get a chance to talk privately.I saw Russell again in English class but neither he nor Charlie was in my Spanish class. The last class of the day was football. Russell and I managed to get lockers in the same vicinity. We ran. The other guys laughed.“What do you think I’d be embarrassed?” he asked.“You’ve seen my assets so now I want to see yours,” I said.He grabbed hold of the hem of his shirt, pulled it up his stomach slowly until it bunched around his shoulders where he paused for a moment before he finished pulling it off. He was muscled, big muscles. I thought about the feel of him, the way he could push me to the bed and have his way with me, but I decided it wasn’t going to be that easy. I had guys like him.