Schools out for the summer. My grades haven't arrived, but I'm confident that the worst grade I received was an A- in science. I just never managed to...get comfortable with the subject. I'd rather be out doing things than in some lab trying to mix chemicals and recording the reactions.Erica and I went to the orientation for the new class. Wow, I don't want to say what it is yet, but Erica was right, it looks like a ton of fun. We were told that most people signing up either did as a single. .Flashback – Masha – In MoscowI had just finished making the salad for Jack and served it to him. I was extremely grateful to Ben for broaching the subject of Jack's weight gain because it saved me from having to discuss the weighty situation with Jack. I sat down, across from Jack, to eat a salad of my own when I received a phone call. I left the table to answer the phone, determined it was from Tatiana and listened as she frantically said, "Masha, Ben didn't want me for dessert and I don't. Even though it wasn't really needed for any practical purpose somehow the High Lords still found it to be psychologically appealing. Despite the scale of knowledge and power at their command they were still living beings and sometimes still responded to the primal feelings of their ancestors.With the fire lit the entire group gathered around and found comfortable places to sit. The High Lords were taking some time to relax and discuss what should be done for the next few days and what they. The new me was a poster girl for the theory that we are the sum total of our past experiences. In my case it was the memory of those experiences that lived on. I thought that I was doing just fine. Since no one else seemed to know that I wasn't just like them, I must have been doing okay.I wasn't all that worried about the Bristol Peace issue. First of all I expected him to be found any time. Then I expected there to be an investigation. I expected Blevins to question me, so I was prepared for.