“Now you gone dunnit!” Wallace said. Leila sat her butt on the grill of Ace’s car, unable to get in it. She fumed and stood leaning against the ...ehicle. She waited but Ace didn’t come out. Ten minutes passed, she marched back in to get him. “You coming or not, ‘cuz if you aren’t I’ll get a taxi.” Ace grabbed her hips and tried to pull her onto his lap. She slapped his arm and side stepped away, “No games!” she insisted. The men giggled. Ace stood up, faced her and pulled her into him. This time. When Greg went to Stephanie's that afternoon, he didn't even share every detail with her, for fear that she could inadvertently divulge information that would allow others to try to defeat it.Instead, they just worked out, practicing vigorously until they were both too tired to continue. As she did with each practice session, she ended the afternoon on the balance beam, believing that it required more mental effort than physical. On this particular day, her concentration was skewed a little. She studies her face and once again thanks the powers that be that she has clear, tanned skin, a product of eating healthy, exercising, and being the school’s starting pitcher of the softball team. Her rosy cheeks never needed blush so all the makeup she ever bothered with was eye shadow, mascara, and lip gloss. Putting the finishing touches of her makeup, she hears the familiar sound of Mason’s truck pulling in the drive. As she rushes out of her bedroom, she grabs Mason’s letter jacket and. " I could be your girlfriend if you want. Then you'd have a girlfriend who was shorter than you." No kidding. I was pretty sure Judy wasn't more than four and a half feet tall."I don't think that would be a good idea." Is it because I'm so little?" NO! It's just that I hardly know you and we aren't even going to be in the same part of the school this fall. You're going into seventh grade and I'll be in high school. It's not about size. We're just at different stages of our social lives and I.