“I needed to talk to you.”“Couldn’t it have waited till morning? Besides, I thought you never wanted to see me again.” The hurt in his voice...was quite clear now.Penny’s eyes began to well up with tears and her voice trembled. “I know Leonard, I so sorry. I should never have said that. It was stupid of me.”“You’re not stupid,” Leonard said reassuringly.“Yes I am.” She replied, her tears now streaming down her cheeks. “I am stupid, and I’ve been so terrible to you at times. You’re so smart and it. "Your teacher?!" replied Emma and Michael."It was a school dress, for plays. They were going to throw it away,"said Jessica.She ended up explaining how she had first worn the dress and how thishad led to her mom and dad breaking up."That brother of mine needs locking up," said Sally, who had beenlistening to the story."Most get caught in their mom's bedroom, not the school cupboard,"smiled Carol. "But that dress does suit you Jessica." I like your dresses though," said Jessica to Emma and. Her friends were similar to her, hard-working, wanting to get high GPAs, the only difference was that she enjoyed going out at night, doing fun stuff. She however was a somewhat insecure person and couldnt really enjoy doing these things unless she had someone with her. With no boyfriend to speak of, and shut in friends she mostly stayed at home and played on her computer, living vicariously with internet flirting while looking at hot guys. A sudden knock on the door startled her, so she went. If anyone other than myself attempted to enter, they would die. I suppose it was overkill, since no one could pass through without me there to allow it, but why take chances?We began to prepare at once. No attempt would be made to defend the house. Anything like that would only assure its destruction. Instead, the valley approach was selected as the battleground. Our traps were set, and the scouts sent out. Then, all we could do was wait.At dawn on the fifth day after our return, the suspense.