"I think I'll pass."After a senior year in which just about everything from the yearbook to the colors for graduation revolved around the fact that 19...6 was the two hundredth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Simon wasn't the only one who felt that way. And the actual 4th of July was still a week away.Still, it had been a fun filled senior year, even if, unlike Stephen, he didn't have a girlfriend. His eighteenth birthday was still a few months away, so when he started college in. "I walked to one of the buildings that had housed the entrance to the tunnel and when I went in, you couldn't tell where the tunnel entrance was. One of the troops with me found it beneath a table and cautiously opened the trap door. As the door was opening, several rounds came flying out. I pulled a grenade from a troop's vest, pulled the pin and dropped it into the opening. The other troop dropped the door and we crouched down to keep the shrapnel from hitting us.The force of the blast blew. I was so shocked as to what they were telling me and before I could say anything Geoff kissed me on the lips, I couldn't believe what he was doing, his tongue massaging with mine, my eyes were wide open to begin with but as he continued to kiss me they closed and I returned the kiss, we were kissing very sexually and I almost forgot about Rodger but then I felt him move closer to me and he began stroking my legs all over and even leaning down to kiss my knees, Geoff stroked my face and hair as. How do I know that I won’t do the same thing or worse to Bubbles? It scares me, Tara, and I know that it is why none of my relationships have lasted. You, Cammy and Bubbles have brought me more hope than I ever thought possible, but that is still mired in my deep fear of the unknown where Karen Mayes is concerned.”Tara had tears in her eyes now as she looked at Kyle. “But we love you, Kyle. Can you say the same thing about how Karen Mayes felt about you?”He thought about this as he handed Tara.