It's amazing, isn't it: when you'rereally thirsty even plain water tastes wonderful.He came back a long time later with the empty trays from the front...and packed them neatly back into the crate. Then he came over andheld out his hand for the water bottle."Thank you...." Look, you'd better learn! I've been to the boss's place, and theslaves there never say a word except in answer to a directquestion. I think you'll be in a lot of trouble if you don't learnthe system, and pretty quick!"He stood. It had seemed big on my initial trip to the office, but now I was in the main areas it seemed even bigger. It was quite intimidating and I found myself feeling a little afraid of what this place would be like. My old school was very small by comparison, everyone knew who you were and what you were about. Here I was just one girl among the masses. It gave me a cold feeling inside and yet there was also some comfort in that idea, I didn't want to stand out. We made our way through the school. He had been on edge for weeks, not able to think straight because of how badly he wanted to overcome the obstacles between him and Ginny, and here was a pretty girl noticing his problem and willingly offering herself as a solution. That’s what had brought him to where he was now, in a dark, confined space with Luna. Her silver christmas-tree dress was pushed up just over her smooth hips, her black tights were pulled down to expose her rounded ass, not too large or small, and she was bent over. ”She looked at me with a little frown that I recognized. Dagny used it whenever I wasn’t quite getting something. It didn’t happen often, but she knew that sometimes I was a little different. “No, Dad, I’m not playing this year. I need to concentrate on my grades if I want to get into Yale.”“But ... but you’re a volleyball player. You love volleyball. That’s what you do.”“Yeah, and I’ll still play, just not on the team. It’s okay, Dad.”Trying to reassure her, I smiled. It felt forced and must.