.. Foolish child, when will you accept yourself for what you are? You cannot save... you're meant to kill, it's your gift!'"Fuck you! I'll decide what...I'm meant to do, not some disembodied voice in the dark."'You want a face to go with the voice? Very well... 'The darkness flexed and contorted, pulling in and pressing out then plunged full inside me, filling every cell of my body. My mind screamed from the intense pressure. I struggled for air, battled to keep my heart beating just one more. His aunt and uncle were well behind them on the path. While his brother and sister-in-law were far ahead. Leaving him and his cousin effectively alone in a very large and empty forest. All Sam really needed was an opportunity.Completing a downhill portion of the trek the two hikers found themselves at the base of a small waterfall. The local was relative open. With several conveniently placed rocks for hikers to sit and rest upon before starting on the winding path back up to higher. Bobby was given a choice between a month of detention, or a week’s suspension. He chose detention so he wouldn’t have to miss classes. Graduation was as little more than three months away. He couldn’t afford to get behind, now.It was his second week of detention when he walked in to find Miss Middlesex sitting at the detention proctor’s desk.It wasn’t like they hadn’t seen each other since ‘the incident’. He was in choir, after all. But they hadn’t talked about ‘the incident’ either. Neither. Both individually and together on our profile pages. But that will be down the road. Just get things taken down and then come back and join me.”Hearing Emma say she thought about being with Connie again totally shakes Donald. Just the thought of Connie manipulating Emma again is offensive to him. But the shaking of his body at such a thought calms upon realizing Emma’s decision not to go there, and he feels better. Though he wonders why Emma would even consider such a thing.For the next.