She looked away for a moment, and I made mymove. I shoved Tara to the ground and ran like hell. I had no idea where Iwas or where to go, but I knew ... had to try to escape. I ran out of the shower and down a long hall. I looked back for aninstance, to see Tara slowly picking herself up. She wasn't giving chase. I about reached the end of the hall when I felt the most painful shockpierce through my entire body, knocking me to the ground and immobilizingme. I looked up and saw Tara calmly. Dan returned the hug and gasped asPeter slowly hiked up the back of Dan's dress and took hold of hisbackside."Peter..."Peter just leaned in and kissed Dan. Much to both of their surprise Danresponded and they stood there together lips pressed. Peter pushed histongue forward and Dan opened his mouth to let it in. When they brokeapart panting Dan looked pale."I, I have to fix my lipstick."Peter listened to the sounds of retching through the bathroom door."Danny, Dan..." No Peter, don't... don't. Where did you get those?”“Oh, I don’t know. I’ve had this stuff forever.” Sandy looked at the girl trying to stop the conversation. She did not like it when people talked in the elevator. She could not escape the conversation if she wanted. The girl just smiled back.“I’m here on an internship,” the girl said. “My name’s Vanessa.”“Sandy.”The elevator stopped. “Well, this is my floor. It was nice meeting you Sandy. Maybe we could do lunch?”“I don’t know. This business deal is taking up a lot of. She would need help in August getting the classrooms set up with texts for their registered students and then through the school year. The assistant would be available for getting text books for new and transfer students, a chore that was basically a breeze after the first week.I figured it wouldn't hurt to have some brownie points with Miss Wagner, even if it cost me part of the summer and besides, the assignment fit right in with my philosophy, right? So I said, "Sure, I would like to do.