I slowly turned the knob on my door, hoping not to wake up Jennifer. I tiptoed in quietly, holding my breath. Suddenly Jen popped out from underneath ...he covers. ‘Surprise,’ she yelled. ‘Oh my God, you scared me half to death.’ ‘Where have you been all morning?’ she asked. ‘I went for a walk, but got sidetracked. I have all summer to walk, I figured I would just scope out the grounds one last time.’ ‘Oh. Are you ready for tonight? I have to spend my evening with Cindy. Yuck. I hope she doesn’t. . THAT'S what's important. The future is all twisty and uncertain. It changes. Sometimes, I read the future, and then the next time I read it, it's all different." I wanted to contradict, berate, degrade, etc, etc, but I wisely kept silent. She glanced up at me, and I put on my best "listening with intent interest" face. She sighed and looked back at her feet."I read about Brenda and the man you hate... I read about them in the cards a couple nights ago when Brenda and I were here alone. Then. . at least until something better turned up.She smiled as she recalled how smitten David was with her. It was nice to be appreciated, something Howard had not done in a long time. Yes, she and David were going to have to have a talk, but she found it rather exciting that a teenager could find her desirable, even if it was her own son. And then there was her mystery young man who had come to her in her sleep these past few nights, his face indistinguishable but strong and muscular and virile and. Hockey, I think it was. As I went for my shower, I noticed one girl was still getting dressed. Karen, the girl I had dreamt about.I hurried through my shower, wanting to go home, and came out of the wet room in just my towel. I was surprised to see the girl was still there. Having got dressed already, I thought she would have been like the others and dashed off home, this being the last lesson of the day.As I dried myself, Karen came over to me. She was beautiful, a few inches taller than me,.