“What?”Mom grinned. “You’d be here alone for the weekend. Would you like that, Gilbert?”Gilbert thought his head might explode. “Alone? Me... For the weekend?”Mom’s grin canted wryly. “You are 14 years old, now. Are you trustworthy, Gilbert Grape?”Gilbert twisted around to see who she was talking to. It couldn’t be him. No one stood behind him, however.“We’d leave mid-day tomorrow, and return Sunday afternoon. I’d leave you enough to carry you over the weekend. You could order pizza or Chinese,. And be careful wearing that thing around Eric, I don’t want him getting the wrong idea.’ ‘Thanks . . . I guess.’ Erica came bounding down the stairs a few moments later as her mother went out of earshot. The little girl was wearing one of the most microscopic thong bikinis I had ever seen. It was a miracle the tiny little thing even stayed on her petite body. Two tiny triangles struggled to contain her budding breasts, and outlined her small nipples perfectly. The little triangle of material. Naturally most of your shotswon't be quite this strong, but this definitely seems to have eased thatinitial rough edge, wouldn't you agree?"I just stared blankly across the room. I still couldn't even focus myeyes, and was too awestruck even to speak. Nurse Leigh rubbed anothercotton ball on my ass, and pulled by sweats back up. At that point shecould have whacked me with a two-by-four and I don't think I would havecared.I was told to return to the exam room for another checkup the nextmorning,. Based upon this divination, and with determination born of their certainty in the Oracle's unerring portents, the boys immediately joined the Felsooth martial academy. Here, they both excelled in their physical and martial training, but for the first time in their young lives, their differences also began to show. While Joben was able to excel at almost everything he learned, no one, not even the masters could match Gerbald's skill with the bastard sword. Yet, his skill with other weapons and.