Sara managed to stifle the tears. "Remember you don't want to miss the bus. I don't think I could drive today." "Ain't going!" Pete stated " I under...tand you're hurting, but remember you miss school and fall behind it'll be a struggle to catch up." Sara was grief stricken but was still trying to maintain. "I'm done with school. I'm going to take over where Dad left off" the statement took a second to finally register with Sara. "Wait what do you mean?" Sara asked looking at Pete for some. "Let's just try it. What do we have to lose if it doesn't work?" Nothing, I guess." She sent me home with the thick manual that camewith the gun. She had probably already committed it to memory. The moreI read, the more I became persuaded it was going to work. We had agreedthat we would do the deed the following Saturday morning. When Fridaynight rolled around, I wished my parents a good night when they headedout to dinner and a movie. I told them I would likely see them tomorrow,as I planned. Nothing more was implied by either of them and we spent the next hour or so playing around, splashing each other, swimming off to stretch our limbs and simply enjoying the freedom of the partial weightlessness. Eventually Jeni said she was off for a shower and could we tidy up the plates and cutlery that were still on the table.This we did and it was during that time Jon said to me, "I've known you've always fancied Jeni and she knows it as well. So, since we all are aware, just let us all. She suddenly realized she didn't know which way to get back to Derek, as she was in the middle of the forest, but she was distracted by the plant again. She finally reached the grass, and saw that it seemed to be one individual plant, with a small bulb in the center. She reached towards the plant, and touched the bulb. Instantly, the plant began growing before her eyes. The small grass expanded into large tentacles, and the bulb grew to the size of a beach ball. Allison freaked out and ran, but.