"Avril headed off as me and Mom sat down. I was desperate for a cigarettebut still nervous about lighting up in front of Mom. I know she had seenme be...ore but I was still a bit anxious about it. Within seconds mytension had increased as Mom opened her back and took out her cigarettesopening them she held them towards me I froze. "Go on then I'm sure you want to," she said.I snapped out of my trance my fingers edged forward tried to grip on,damn these nails I thought."Difficult with long nails. He joked about being old and out-of-shape, which of course wasn't the case at all. He was in great shape for his age, maybe not as much as Allen Williams, but he looked five years younger than he really was. As a consolation prize, Allison kissed him and told him that he was the most handsome man in the whole world, and Jeff found himself in the amusing situation of wishing he had lost.Lately, Allison had adopted a flirtatious attitude with Greg. The two of them were very affectionate with each. I paced the little clearing. My last unit in science before vacation those many years ago had been on human cells and the difference between bacteria and viruses. My paper, which I got an "A" on, was on the Ebola virus in Africa. I was pissed because my best friend, Howie, got Avian Flu for his topic. My report had a big blown up photo of the virus and its genetic code on the front cover, which I had found before I discovered articles I could actually understand. I had been so proud of that. Her amber brown eyes would captivate any man, but her 150+ IQ had a tendency to intimidate most men, and Lara was not squeamish about ripping a mans ego to shreds if she sensed any weakness at all. Yet all those that saw her would give anything to make love to this beauty. Anyone but Ben. No, Ben was not gay, rather he was her intellectual equal. Ben hated Lara at times, yet lusted for her as well.The dare came about on a night when Ben and Lara were at a gathering with mutual friends, and of.