..maybe I'll talk to her tomorrow..."********************************************************The next day at school I kind of avoided Katie. I saw Lee...talking to her, and then after lunch Ashley as well... but when she saw me I popped around the corner and pretended to not see her.I don't know what to think as I sit on the porch and read one of my class books. Lee comes home and sits beside me."Dude.....", I look up and see he has a bloody nose and a black eye."Woah, what happened man? are you. This got applause from the audience simply because Miss Hannigan was on stage. I gave her the standard wait for applause direction, and she did for a beat, before she started haranguing the girls.She loved playing this part, but I saw something about her that told me she would enjoy a lifetime of theatre and arts. Wait until everyone gets a load of her as Mme. Thenardier!I had my hands up to begin the ‘Hard Knock Life’ underscoring. Joan had some business with a flask of room temp tea, but. "...I figured it'd cheer Ellie up," Janet shrugged. "And it did. And Ifigured it'd cheer me up as well." ...And did it?" Shannon asked."Briefly," Janet sighed. "Thing about the- well, what happened to Elliewas that you'd think it couldn't get any worse, but for me at least, itcan." How?" Meredith asked. "I mean, the court case is going to be astraightforward one, right? Ellie gives her evidence, they throw thebook at the little bastard who assaulted her, everyone who deserves ahappy ending gets. .but the guy continued ... So the bitch is drunk, nice... way to go... Fuck that cunt for all of us in the office,he smiled. I knew I was in the clear . I said yeah she came onto me I'm just here to fill her needs I said with a wink.. Not sure what I was thinking ....and asked if he wanted to double-team this slut I could tell he got a hard on over the thought right away. "Fuck yeah" I fantasize of wanting to fuck this whore" was his reply "but let's get her out of the hallway" he suggests we.