"What? No." He smiled. "You have to go to school too, remember?" I could drop out," I suggested, knowing that sounded pretty silly."No you couldn't, s...eetheart." Dad chuckled, probably thinking I was joking."My grades aren't really good or anything." I pressed my cheek against his shoulder. "I'm just not smart like that. You know, reading and books and all that stuff." You're plenty smart, Amy," he said seriously, looking down into my eyes. "Don't be telling yourself you're not." Yeah." I. Over the last few months I'd been wearing my iPod to bed with me, letting the music flood my ears so I did not dream. Whenever I'd fall asleep without something distracting me, I'd have the same nightmare over and over: I'd be putting bugs or surveillance equipment around and found out that Amanda had been cheating on me with Karl ... sometimes Dan, but I know they're not attracted to each other so I'd brush it off. Every night would be the same thing and I was getting freaked out. I'd began. He wrapped his other lanky arm around me and pulled my chest against his lightly hair one. He put his hand under my chin and forced me to look into his bright loving light brown eyes. We stared into eachother for ten seconds before he shoved his tongue into my mouth. That boy went crazy for my blue eyes. He pushed himself into me and laid me on my back. I was wearing a loose white t-shirt and black boxers that he let me have. He told me they were originally his, but tthey were too small. I knew. "Briar Rose Blackheart, you are coming with me." Rose's Mom.I stood up and grabbed by bathrobe off the floor. "Yes, Mom."Rose had other ideas though. "No." Just one word but her mom was turning a really scary red color."Young lady, don't you disobey me. WE are going home. And you are grounded for the rest of your life." No, Mother, I am not. Art and I are married. My place is with him. I might come to visit but this is my home now." Don't talk crazy. You are only 28 gazelons old, you can't be.