She paused as her cell phone rang. She quickly bounded over to where it sat charging. She looked at the screen and smiled as she answered, "Hey Bridge...t! How are you this great morning!" I just wanted to be the first to tell you HAPPY EFFING BIRTHDAY! As of today we are ALL EIGHTEEN!" her friend exclaimed over the phone, loud enough to force Courtney to pull the phone away from her ear."Geez Bridge! Little lower! I like being able to hear, girl!" Sorry, I'm just so excited! This is going to be. ‘Oh, golly that figure isn’t looking for help, its hands are curled like claws and it’s making some kind of snarling noise.’ Melanie thought to herself.Melanie recognized the figure as Fiona, only she’d taken off her dress, had black body paint smeared across her eyes and was growling like some kind of animal.Melanie felt a cold wave of fear run over her. This is what it felt like to be prey when the predator approaches. She could stand there and Fiona would just make love to her in the sea. How, he wondered, could someone as smart and athletic as him be totally inept with a typewriter. He hoped Vickie Greer was at least getting a laugh out of his misfortune, he grumbled to himself. Wednesday had been Cindy’s fashion show. His little angel of mercy had looked all grown up and stunningly beautiful. That she kept insisting that they were going to be together in the future despite all that was going on in his life still amazed him.It was Thursday, and Jake was feeling good. Feeling. " Lucas said."Yeah." Riley said."Are you okay?" Lucas asked."I'm fine. I'm a bit nervous about what's going to happen next." Riley said. "Like what?" Lucas asked."Like we're going to have s-e-x." Riley said."Riley, I know that you're not ready for that kind of thing. I know that I'm not ready for that either and I know that we're just dating." Lucas said."I know. I just want to experience it for the first time." Riley said."Are you sure?" Lucas asked.Riley smiles and nods her head "yes".Lucas.