But I am doing this to complete myjourney." Jenny looked up at me."You're scared?" she asked. I nodded, realizing I had never expressedthese feelin...s before. She hugged her grandmother one more time beforemoving to me. She slapped me on the arm once before giving me a hug. "Ithought I was the only one." She told me. I whispered we would talklatter. "Damn right we will." She informed me. It was at that point Irealized Marty had said nothing. As if on cue, Jenny and I turned andlooked. " She turned and escorted us past the piano and stopped facing the north wall. It was instantly clear why she had stopped; there was a distinct sense of absence to the space. The hardware that had secured the painting was still in place. There was even a title plaque identifying the work."I'm surprised," I said."How so?" she asked."Your comments suggested that the piece had significant personal value to Mr. Ceres. That being the case, I'm surprised to find it hung in such a public area. I would. But she looked more mature than her 16 or 17 year’s. I won’t call her beautiful but she was attractive and had awesome body. She was tall and whatever she wore, her boobs would stand out. She later told me (after one of our sex sessions) that she was 34 c… But I don’t think so. She would be size 36 easily. Anyway, one day while I was playing shuttle with my cousin, she came up with her sister and asked if she could join us. The minute I saw her, I wanted to get to know her. You know how guys go. ’ ** The next couple of days are routine, then on Wednesday on her way out of class, Mr. Corey asks her to stay for a moment. Her heart races, a little nervous, yet very excited. Mr. Corey then pulls out a quiz paper from the previous day and asks her to clarify an answer where she had answered correctly except for mistakenly noting Jaques Necker as Minister of Trade instead of Minister of the Treasury. She leaves feeling strangely disappointed. On Friday, Penny finds herself unable to.