Why did you do all this for me?" I like you a lot," I repeated. "I don't know you very well but you're so pretty." Thanks." She gave a little smile. I... was the first sign that maybe the freeze was warming."So ... um ... would you like to go out sometime. I don't have my driver's license yet, but we could still do things."It took a moment before she said, "I guess."It wasn't a resounding endorsement."So what about this evening. We could go to a movie." How long have you liked me?" I guess about. J'avais la sensation d'avoir enfin trouv? un moyend'affirmer mon ind?pendance, mon ?mancipation vis ? vis d'eux... Le lendemain, ma s?ur Anne est rentr?e elle aussi. D?s qu'elle m'a vu,elle m'a demand? d'expliquer mon changement de look. J'ai fini par luiavouer que c'?tait sur les conseils de Val?rie, pour essayer de s?duireH?l?ne. Elle a eu l'air d'?tre surprise, mais elle ne dit rien... Ellese contenta de prendre son portable et d'appeler quelqu'un. Apr?s avoirlonguement discut? au t?l?phone,. The runs always were done mostly in silence, this morning Tera had surprised him by asking a question not long after they left the flat."Would you like to be alone this evening with Valerie," Tera asked as they made their way through the light cool fog of the pre dawn, the only sound that of their feet hitting the pavement.The question caught Michael completely off guard."Well ... yes, I suppose that would be best" he answered, not sure where this was going."That's what I thought, ' she said,. The inner city was brutal. And scary. Leah had wanted to reach out and touch the lives of children but she saw that students has zero respect for teachers and the demographics of the inner city school left her the victim of many cruel remarks from students who simply didn't care and who weren't punished by the school's admin.When Leah had a chance to get out of that hell hole she took it. So the nice Alexander Latwon High School--named for some long dead Confederate general--was a huge change.