“Cool.”“You got MY spot, Loucks!” Jason groused, but he was smiling. “It’s cool, though. I’ll still be in the honors program. My dad was...doing backflips when I called to tell him.”“Oh?”“C average in High School. I might have been a bit too concerned about cars and girls. I scraped in here by the skin of my teeth. I bet you were valedictorian.”“Nope. Third because of two B’s. My friend Dale was valedictorian. Jocelyn was salutatorian. She had a single B.”“That’s just sick,” Jason laughed. “Three. "Sheila was about to speak but Janine interrupted, crying out in fright from upstairs."Anthony!" Be right back!"I turned and ran.Mick was on the lawn, scuffling with a group of guys. Words had apparently been exchanged and now there was pushing and shoving."Do something!" Janine said, watching through the living room window. I ran outside, just as a second guy moved around behind Mick to support his buddy. He looked like he was waiting for the chance to pounce. I never gave him that chance. I. Sometimes, Clarissa begged off coming to games. On the pretext of going to my games, Bev would frequently have me take her away from the house in the Falcon and pick her up later.We had a game end early and I snuck back to where I dropped her off. In retrospect, I wish I hadn’t been curious. I parked a block away and walked to the house where I had let Bev off. Next door, loud music was playing. I went over and looked in a side window. What I saw made me unhappy. I wish it had surprised me.. Leaping from one to the next in no particular pattern he separated them.Only Yoda could match his speed leaving Windu trailing behind as he tried to keep up. When there was enough separation between the two Demus leapt to the ground as if he was going to head for a ship across the bay.Moving quickly to catch up and end the tiring chase Yoda rushed after him. At the last second Demus stopped without warning launching a kick at Yoda's head. The false aura had fooled the old Jedi, and the spinning.