She must havetalked with Katie before all of this as she pulled at the hem of hershort, sleeveless dress. ?Little different than you would wear toWil...y?s isn?t it?? she asked. ?If Adam saw me in this it would makehis head explode,? she finished with a giggle that Jenny and I shared.Paige leaned over and asked me if the Adam in question was my brother.Jenny heard it and answered, ?Yeah but we saved her from him,? and weall laughed, except for Bethany. She just sat there with a little grinon. I heard the shower come on again and figured Allison was up. For just a second I wished I were in there with her. Down Boy! This was definitely not the time.I made sure I had all of my homework organized and packed my books up for the trip to school. Then I scooped up the dirty sheets from last night along with Allison's stuff and piled it all in my chair so that I could get it into the washer after school. One rule around our house was that laundry did not belong on the floor, not even dirty. "Third Officer Korsun... , report!" Inertial guidance... tracking. Capacitors charged in... thirty seconds. Ready for j... jump." First shift Pilot Yurtloss... , report!" Ship heading st steady. Ready f for jump."Somewhere, deep within his mind, the power indicator approached its extreme position. It fell back to zero, and a new wave of dizziness assaulted him with a rising tide of darkness. For what must have been a long, long time, he could only gaze uncomprehendingly at his surroundings,. It didn't help that he wouldn't haveany beans ready to eat until the next day as they had to soak before hecould cook them. However, Tom did sneak an apple out of the bag and ateit as he stood outside his door knowing that at least for now there wasno way for Princess Dee to know he had cheated on his diet. Tom thoughtabout it for a minute and it almost made him laugh. Why did he think itwas cheating? He should be able to eat anything he wanted, when he wantedit. Yet here he was, not only.