Tom did manage to wipe the smile off of John's face when he told him it was time to talk to Molly. His smile faltered, slipped and then was gone compl...tely. Tom nodded at the professional inside his friend.When Tom and John opened the door to Molly's room they found it empty. Her packing was done quickly and they even found a few of the things that were from the missing list. "Go tell Mr. Snelling what happened. Take him with you to the train depot. You might get lucky, but there's no reason to. She giggled again."I'm not gonna say anything about it. I promise. And I mean, maybe you've never done anything like this, but I'm not a rat. I'm not gonna get you busted or anything stupid. I'm not that much of a bitch," Allison said.I stood there, paddling in the water, and finally said, "Let's go to the shallow end," and paddled over.I was up against the pool wall. Allison paddled up against me and was standing there. And without a word, looking in my face, she moved up against me. And I. ” She looked up. “I’m used to be the most experienced person in the group, and usually get my own way. I’m sorry.”She looked down again, “It won’t happen again. I promise.”I thought for a moment. I was tempted to let Sir’s command stand, but felt warm and protective towards Sammi, especially now that she had caught hell from Sir. Now she’ll start to understand, I thought.“Sir,” I said, “May I intercede for Sammi? She has offered a sincere apology, and I accept it.” I put my hand out and lightly. Modeling for cheerleading practice was pretty traumatic. It meant she was going to be a stand in for an opposing team's cheerleader. Many cheerleading routines involved the use of a victim cheerleader from the other team--all the schools in the district had long ago agreed to offer up one such victim per game--but between games a stand-in had to take the victim's place. Today that stand-in was to be Bridget.Walking down the hall nude (her clothes having been left behind on the floor, she'd.