As it were, several students that drifted pastus in the hall turned to look. More than a few of them began whispering toeach other the second they wer... out of earshot. I felt my face warmingagain.Penny and Lee's blossoming romance was going to be the talk of the school bythe end of the day. If not, then at least by the first bell tomorrow.Maybe I could convince Mom to let me call in dead tomorrow.I made my way back to my locker. Inside, hanging near the back was a smallathletic bag. I pulled it. She continues, “I thought, being my size, a little dog would look ridiculous ... And I wanted somethin’ I could take for long walks, to get plenty o’ exercise ... So I thought I should get a bit dog. Ironically, since your show had started, everytime I saw a girl wi’ a big dog I always assumed they were having sex, and I didn’t want anyone to think that about me ... So I bought Penny ... My bitch ... Something Freudian going on there, I think...”We cut to inside the house, with Paisley and. Jake was sitting with her in the semi-darkness, his six -foot frame, seemingly all legs and arms, lounging all over the cushions of the settee. His dark brown skin was taught over his noble face and his dark serious eyes reflecting the warm glow of the fire-light as he listened to the story. The sexy tale had made Emma, to her pleasant surprise, feel rather sensual. She was aware of the lower part of her body already flooded with warmth, dampness in her knickers. Glancing down into Jake’s lap. Pretty?" she asked."Of course Mom. I have always thought you were beautiful. You just can't see it because you look at yourself through your eyes. Through eyes that are sad at how things have turned out for you. "Sad at what you have become. You are sad because you think you are unwanted and unlovable. Because you were rejected by a man who didn't appreciate what he had and didn't take care of you like he should."I'm here to tell you that you are beautiful and you are wanted and loved. I'm here.