She knew she would have to talk to him about this, it wasn't something that could just be forgotten easily, for both of them, and she spent the next f...fteen minutes gathering the courage to face her son.Finally, she eased herself off her bed and wrapped a dressing gown around herself; however another five minutes passed as she paced the bedroom in nervous thought before she finally opened the door and headed for Marks bedroom. She stopped outside his door, took a breath, and knocked."Just a. He ate up every scrap of information and gossip he could find in the music and celebrity papers about the band and its drummer, for whom he was, it had transpired, such a ringer. All he read backed up Phil's suggestion - Tommy and his fellow rockers had sex handed to them on a plate and they never refused seconds. He purchased Jackhammer and Leather and Latex, Neanderthal's two most recent albums, to see whether some spark of musical genius was the secret to the band members' desirability. All. "After I got off the phone, I went and found Chris. I told him I hadfound a place but that he would be the only boy and would have to wear aleotard. I thought he might balk, but in fact he seemed rather excited."'Oh mummy thank you so much - when do I start, when do I get my leotardand shoes, what dances do I learn........'"The questions came thick and fast. I was touched by his enthusiasm andtold him we would start at the next practice in three days time but firstwe had to get his leotard and. " He paused and glared. "Youwill stay away from them," he said to Streaked, "if I hear of anycontact I will give you two weeks of detention cleaning the worstrooms in Hawthorne." I watched Streaked shrink down in her chair. "Andyou Emerald will leave Streaked alone. If she flat out attacks you,then by all means you may defend yourself, but any more magicalchanges of clothes, appearance, or other tricks on her by you willresult in the alternative forms of punishment that were suggested."I.