Though after the years of other instruction and reassurance by theHigh Priestess that none of the boys encountered in the outer courtyard would be cha...acteristic of the extremes of which they spoke, she felt the fear should not have overwhelmed the girl so. While the instruction was intended for passing through the ceremony, some of it was also intended as an introduction to possibilites that might be encountered later. Since the time when she’d undergone her own ceremony, Naama was also. ”Kristen gasped and dropped the glass from her hand as she spun around.“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you,” said Hayden Panettiere.Kristen forced herself to restore the frozen smile she had been holding all evening.“I was just…” she stammered. “I wasn’t…” Finally, she took a breath and said, “It was just the fur. It’s silly.”“You dropped your drink,” said Hayden, warmly. “Can I get you another?”Kristen saw Hayden’s eyes sweep over her. She blushed in embarrassment to realize that Hayden. She emptied her plate into the bin, and emptied her beer can in the sink. She went to bed, but she couldn’t get to sleep. Now what on earth had made her throw herself at that man? She had wanted to come, and her impulsive action had made that happen. She wondered what he might think about that – she hadn’t really giving him a fat chance to back out. She was certain that if she hadn’t forced him he would not have made any overtures. But then… She had expected the usual treatment from him when. It was a shame that there weren’t any drive-in theaters anymore. They were the perfect place for a date.“Very nice,” Sean said glancing over at the other car. Mr. Emery was watching him. He wished that their parents were parked a lot further away. He really liked holding Suzie close to him like that.Suzie looked back at the peanut gallery and noticed that it wasn’t quite as large as usual. She asked, “Where’s Max and Clea?”“I don’t know,” Sean answered. He suspected that they were still over at.