When Dahra came in and woke her, she didn't feel rested, by any stretch of imagination. But she thought she could make it through the day.The sky was ...ust starting to pale when Dahra portaled both Lissa and herself to the top of the hill. The portaler wanting to get there as early as possible, while Lissa was still fresh. Lissa was not wearing her usual braided ponytail, but instead wore it long, with it just brushing the ground. Dahra had never seen her wear it that way before, but realized. She was excited with her studies. She was livelier, with almost a glow about her. Beverly had learned to dress better and had taken a couple of electives in Art and Music History.They had a great meal and he made some suggestions about her studies. The main one was he wanted her to take each summer and spend in Europe, starting with France. He wanted her to not just learn history but see it up close. He said he would have Mark set it up.The lunch ended somewhat awkwardly when she finally asked. "Silence this time lasted a little too long and I felt that the conversation came to an end, which meant time for something else."Do you want some more?" I whispered."Yes." Yes what?" Yes what?!" Yes, yes what?" Please?" That's right." You want me to beg for it now?!" I love hearing you say it, it's such a turn on for me." You're a pervert." I thought you like me and what I did." I do, but you're still a pervert; you're still my brother you know. Brothers and sisters aren't supposed to do this. "The bus was crowded and most of the kids were talking about the dance the night before. Devlin settled back in her seat, listening, smiling occasionally as some of the comments came her way. Except for Sabrina nobody seemed to have noticed that she and Jeff had snuck off. That was just the way she wanted it.She and Jeff had lunch together. Jeff seemed a little nervous, at least at first. When they had a few moments to be alone she ran her toe up the inside of his leg. He jumped, his wide eyes.