Can we take a break?" Mrs. Barlow pleaded breathlessly."Let's not start this again, Micky. I can't tell you how angry it made me to see you... sink to...this. Excuse me? Did I TELL you to stop that little tongue of yours, did I?" No, Miss Lauren.", Micky came her voice, as the slurping started again."Yes, that's a good little girl... Now, where was I? Oh yes...", Miss Lauren continued.I felt a twinge of guilt for touching myself and listening while Candice's mother whimpered, obviously hating to. It had to be Ashley, unless Tom grew a fourth leg, because Lord knows, he safely had three. I sat up in my bed trying to listen intently and then saw shadows at the bottom of my bathroom door leading to my room and lay back down pretending to be asleep. Tom opened the door slowly and peaked in and called out my name twice, first softly, and then casually and loudly. After I didn’t budge, he closed the door again and went back into his room, switching off the bathroom light.This is when I knew. A hard winter had forced her parents to take a couple of the clan’s sheep to feed her and her brothers and sisters. The clan did not take this affront lightly. She shuddered as she remembered that misty morn when the clansmen fell upon her and her family. The screams and the shouts, the crack of musket fire and the horrific sight of her mother thrashing on the ground in agony caused her to loose an uncontrolled whimper. How her father had thrown himself at the attackers but was speared through. Davenport says Allison can have another sleepover in a few weeks.”Savon’s mom arrived and Claudia tried to be polite while stealing glances of the long blonde-haired body she desired to love. A scooped neckline and form-hugging shorts caught her attention and Dan’s. Savon complained she didn’t want to go.“We have to shop for you sister’s birthday on Tuesday,” her mom stated. She stole fleeting glances of Dan.“Aww, Mom, I don’t want to go shopping!” She complained. Savon noticed Claudia gazing.