”“Do that,” Taylor said. “I don’t want to go from fourteen times in last week to none this week.”“I don’t want to go there either,” ...ander agreed. They dumped their trays and went back to rejoin their friends. The pair hooked up again in seventh period English. Xander walked Taylor to her bus at dismissal. She reminded him of his promise to run to the pharmacy.You would imagine the teachers would add homework slowly at the start of school. Oh no. They piled it on the kids immediately. Xander. "I'm fine... just feeling a little overwhelmed, right now." She grimaced."I felt the same too, you'll get used to blocking it in no time," heoffered sympathetically still helping her stand upright. The warmth ofhis protective arm holding her seemed to make her feel weak in the kneesand oddly the experience wasn't entirely unwelcome to her. Shyly Karanodded and somehow reluctantly found the strength to stand unsupported.Still feeling a little queasy, she was now annoyed that he'd failed. . oooh!" "shhhuuuu...:Her entire body quakes with deep, spreading spasms... but she cannot make a sound. She tries to remain still. "Follow me" I whisper. She does. She follows me into a unisex restroom, and I shut the door and lock it behind her. No one else noticed us entering the restroom together. We are alone. "You have such a lovely face" I say as we stand before the large, ornate mirror. "Lovely... so lovely." I'm behind her, and I trace my fingers across her neck and jawline."Beautiful. I didn’t see anything but it was dark. I turned off the security system and motioned for Liz. Matt walked her up the steps and saw her into the house.“You guys want to come in?” I offered.“It’s late and I have to work tomorrow,” Matt said.“Can you pick me up on your way in?” I asked.“Uh, sure,” he replied. “Why?”“I need to rent something less conspicuous,” I admitted.“It’ll be early,” he said.“Yeah,” I agreed. “I’ll be ready by 6:30.”“Not that early,” Matt said with a laugh as we walked back to.