" Why don't we let your brothers and sisters go to lunch and you hang around a bit longer. I'm going to need a T.A. and who better to be the T.A. in a...music class than the leader and lead voice of an awesome band." Patty smiled as she said this."Hey," Hannah said, "I'm supposed to be the teacher's pet." Smiling she then said, "but I'm sure my master wouldn't mind making one exception," and she walked to the door followed by the others. Ana followed also, locking the door as the others left, she. Dan came up to me when I was at the drinks table. I hadn’t seen him up to that point. I don’t know if that was because he was avoiding me or if I was avoiding him. Anyway, he wrapped up my wrists in his big hands and turned me to face him.“Seeing as how I’ve learnt my lesson from before, I thought I should warn you about something.”I looked up at him suspiciously. “What?”“There’s a tradition amongst the guys on the team – for when they have a birthday. And since you got to be an honorary member. They climbed out, bringing their rifles with them. Jason removed an ammunition box and extracted a handful of clips, putting them in his pocket. Shaun followed suit, followed by the Rangers.They set off with Jason in the lead and the others strung out behind him, carefully placing their feet down in the dry undergrowth. After about two miles, suddenly Jason raised his arm with his fist clenched. Everyone froze, slowly Shaun made his way up to him, “Problem?” he said... “I heard gunfire over to. Suddenly remembering thatwe had an audience I pulled away from Paul and felt the embarrassmentflush my cheeksGlancing around at my family quickly, I saw that everyone, besides mom,was staring at Paul and I like we're from another planet or something.Mom, on the other hand, had had a huge smile on her face. Looking backat Paul I saw the same flush in his cheeks that I could definitely feelin mine. We had stepped back enough to break our hug but our hands hadfound the others, so we just clasped.