He was going to just wear one ofhis, as Emily referred to them, "tomboy outfits", but he figured if hewas going to clear some of the air with Emily, i...'d be best to not rockthe boat too much. Taylor headed across the street, his flip flopsslapping against the ground."Hey, bestie!" Emily said, looking up from where she was sitting on theporch. "How was the movie? I was gonna come by this morning, but Logansaid you seemed a little weird last night so I wanted to give you somespace." The movie was. Don made one final announcement. "The slave known as Dina came over 25 times in eighteen minutes, the last one lasting almost two minutes; which would have been a new record for slave heat had she not been forced to leave the Sybian and been disqualified. Nevertheless, I believe we should applaud the amazing slave heat of Dina with a nice round of applause." While George couldn't be happy about the disqualification, it had to make him happy to know he had such a hot slave.All of the Sybians had. " So why didn't you come?'"Get real, Tracy! I know you wouldn't have asked me if your mom hadn't pressured you into it." That's not true, Charlie." But he could tell by the way she wouldn't look at him she'd been caught in a fib. "Well, I would have asked you anyhow." Not likely! Aren't you and 'Cool Dude Luke' supposed to be an item now days?" No! We've had a couple of dates but, as far as I'm concerned, he's just a stuck-up snob. His dad must own half the town and he never lets you forget it.. Kate jumped to her feet and took a step toward them.He turned quickly to her, his voice low and calm. "You may stay or go, but you will not interfere. You may be sure that she is free to leave at any time, that she is an adult, and that she wants to be here and to stay for this." He met her gaze levelly, but Kate could see the intensity in his eyes.In the silence that followed, Kate could hear only the pounding of her pulse in her ears, the thumping in her chest. Slowly, she sat again. Her mind.