" I told her all about how I dressed when I was younger,right up to the moment I stepped in the office. "With Dad gone now, andJulie moving away, it's...just Mom and I now, and I have to do my best forher." You look very nice dear, but we have to make some changes in yourschool schedule. We can't have you changing clothes in the boys lockerroom I'm afraid. It might upset some of them. Go to your first class andI'll send your new schedule to you."I thanked my and left. The class had already. It was utterly delicious, and we all told her so!"Our Domestic Science teacher at school is married to an Italian, and she's shown us lots of pasta dishes; the problem usually is getting the authentic ingredients outside London. She says you can tell the places with an Italian community, because the shops stock more than one variety of pasta! If you really want to experience regional Italian cooking, apparently Bedford is the place to go, because so many Italians came over after the war to find. Gonna go in the bedroom for a minute," Petra stood up slowly and she looked pretty out of breath herself."Only for a minute?" Tori giggled. "Don't get my bed all wet!" We won't get all of it wet!" Sonja laughed, letting Petra pull her to her feet."Hey," Tori grinned at me and I smiled back."What?" I'm gonna give you a hickey!" she said and those green eyes were all shiny and bright."You are?" I laughed softly. "Um ... Okay." Two of them," she nodded. "Right ... Here..."I sighed with pleasure. . except he suddenly felt something that filled him with dread. His feet felt wet. The water got higher than his heels and had gotten into his boots. The water was icy and made his feet almost numb right away. He fought harder, hearing goosh sounds from within his boots, but it was coming faster than him now. He still had hope burning in him...Which took little time to dissipate. The stairs in front of him crumbled in, separating him from the top of the tower! The extremely loud splash and the.