.." was all I could muster."Shawn and Jamie. That's their names. Those are my two kids. Oh my God,Steph. It feels like I have known them all their liv...s. I have memoriesof carrying them, giving birth, nursing them. Holy shit, this is tooinsane!"She put her face into her hands."I can feel my love for them. I can see my life with them, where I workhere in the cinema to try and provide just about enough to pay thebills, feed us, and send them to school. I can feel how protective I amever since. Brit giggled. "Is that all you think about?" she asked."More or less." You can do that later," Kari told her. "I had something else in mind that I think would be fun. Brit, Crystal told me about the pictures you took yesterday. I was thinking maybe we should all go out to your studio and take some more." Ooh!" Rachael grinned. "Did Brit and Crystal take some smutty pictures?" Artistic pictures," Brit corrected with an authoritative air. "There's nothing smutty about nudity." Except that. They trouped out, all but Tina and Sandy.She timidly came up to me."I'm sorry," she said, with lowered head and avoided eye contact. Then she gathered her courage and looked up."It just that we thought you were the best of us. You guys seemed really happy. I didn't believe it when you split up, and I figured once you calmed down you'd talk it out and get back together. I'm guessing everyone, especially Becky, didn't expect your reaction. You're really through with her, aren't you?" Yes, Tina, I. Not ditzy or anything, just has her head in the clouds a lot. You've had a lot worse." Ok, I'll meet her Saturday at the main Library." No, she needs you right away. You'd need to start today, after school." All right... No wait I can't. I have plans after school." What?" I just have something personal to do... Could we meet this evening?" I hated the way I way almost begging. She picked up the phone and accessed the school's internal intercom."Could you have Marybeth come down to the guidance.