I went and grabbed stuff to eat and was standing alone under a tree and watched the choir all formed into cliques chatting with each other. As I was ...aking a bit out of my pork chop, the group of girls that I talked to the day before walked over. We chatted about how different school is between China and here and this time I got to know their names.There were 4 girls, all around 5'3. Mabel was skinny with long black hair that was tied to a ponytail. Rebecca had shorter hair that went to her. Today, Haley Wilson found herself in one of its sprawling public fields waiting for the fireworks show to begin. ‘How can you not be more excited?’ Lisa asked. Lisa was one of Haley’s friends. Or perhaps it would be more fair to say Lisa was Haley’s only real friend. The town of Deercreek was small, 7500 people, and Lisa was the only person her own age that Haley talked to on a daily basis. ‘I am excited!’ Haley said, though it was clear she was faking it. A month ago she had broken up with. So while he might have played with my feelings some and tweaked them here and there, they were still my own, and it was appropriate that I act on them without regard to my suspicions about their origin.And the mere fact that I could have such suspicions—as well as other (and considerably deeper) suspicions about not only his own motives and intentions but those of his presumptive fellows on whom he seemed to be counting for rescue—allayed my concern further. He hadn't taken me over, apparently. She stared at him, not knowing where to go from here. He smiled back, but as she watched the warm smile turned into something else ... Something more ... wicked.He closed the distance between them in but a moment, and hugged her close again. She responded more slowly this time, but eventually sighing she gave into the warmth he showed her and hugged him back."I've changed my mind," he whispered. "I won't ask you how you feel about this; I won't give you the chance to say no. The door is locked.