My heart wasbeating so fast I thought it would burst. As I got out of the carthe girls that I had seen came closer. My heart dropped evenfurther, it w...s the older girls from the activity centre, theones that had teased me the other day. They saw me and giggled.Even dressed in the same uniform they still somehow looked olderthan me. 'Go and join the other girls' said Emily. I wanted torun away and scream, something that I had wanted to do so manytimes over the last week. But now I was not in a. You could have heard a pin drop.When in England, at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of ‘empire building’ by George Bush.He answered by saying, “Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return.” You could have heard. After class where I did have to defend myself once, Steve and I sat down and after a few minutes of talking of possible options it was decided that I would take some time off until my notoriety wore off. Steve did say that the studio was empty on the weekends if I wanted to come out. I was disappointed at that but he did add after that he finally received a callback with some good news. The downside being that they wanted me to travel to Korea to be evaluated.We were discussing the possible. "No problem. He seemed like a good guy, just not my type. I'm glad he's yours."I darted my eyes to Adrienne, my eyes communicating my own little joke: 'Not your type? What, male?'Adrienne apparently got the message and just rolled her eyes at me.On the other hand, some of Dayna's and Brandi's friends were less affable about the new relationship. Angela Chan and Monique St. Claire stopped by to visit their friends. Angela just waved but Monique, as was her habit, came by to brush her hands.