"What's going on?" said Leah, her eyes wide. She peered out into the darkness even while attempting to slide her sandals onto her feet."I don't know,"...said Daran, "but it sounds like a full battle out there." But the scouts haven't seen anything!" protested Sira, struggling to tie her wrap-around and fasten her quiver of arrows at the same time."Yeah!" Leah said, speaking too loudly. She had abandoned the black window to kneel down properly."Shh!"Leah continued, unabated. "We'd know days and. If Mike's as nice a guy as they say you might even enjoyyourself." But, Mom, what are the other kids going to say?" Don't worry about what other people think, you need to have a little funtoo." Just remember if you do go out with him your Dad and I want to meet him."I thought about what Mom and the girls said and Friday night after thegame I stopped Mike as he joined us at the restaurant and asked him if hisinvitation was still good."Of course it is, Breanna. There's a movie at the Regal I. He must remain innocent and true to his promise until she knew otherwise. After all, he might even be dead.That thought started her off crying again.With young men all over the country being killed needlessly in wars, traffic accidents, and all sorts of things, it suddenly seemed all too logical that Terry might have been long dead when she betrayed their private love.But after hours of self-recrimination and repeated arguments with herself that tore her apart over and over again, she had to do. " Do we understand one another?" Her eyes blazed defiance, but she nodded a yes and I took her out on the floor and introduced her around.She surprised everybody. It didn't happen right away and there were some severe bumps in the road, but Tasha could do the job and she did it well. Once Ben saw what she was capable of he warmed to her and when the other guys saw that they all came around. Inside of six months she was stopping after work now and then to have a drink with the crew. It wasn't.