So I said something clever like, "Why me?" Why NOT you, Billy? I know you want to. I've caught you a dozen times, looking down my shirt, checking me o...t. You DO want to, don't you?I sputtered, "Of course, but I didn't think... " and fell silent, not remembering what I didn't think."I thought so, but you never said anything. I mean, you never made a pass or anything." Bobbie, you were a medical student and I was your resident. Besides, you aren't called the 'Ice Queen' for nothing, you know." I. With mutual consent, it was decided that we needed to have a beach party. It took two days to organize.The first reason it took two days was because everyone wanted 'bear' burgers which meant that we needed to thaw a hell of a lot of frozen bear meat and turning it into ground meat and then burgers. The other reason was that I wanted to take a scouting party out and sweep the area for any sign of animals that we didn't want to run into. Since the bird attack there hadn't been any further. That doesn’t sound familiar,” Penelope mused.“That’s okay, Penelope. I’m sure it will come to you. Here she is.”“Hello, Penelope,” Ella said, and offered a wave.The old woman’s eyes widened, and she gasped. The glass fell from her nerveless fingers, spilling tea all over her lap and the bench. She put her other hand over her heart and reached out with the hand that had held the glass.“Xantwilla. Oh, it’s been so long,” Penelope said.Ella’s heart nearly stopped upon hearing the xan that. Bullies are cowards. You give them a nice, sharp, memorable bit o' pain, and that's what they'll remember. They mess with you and yours, and they'll be limping for days. Do that, and they'll give you a wide berth, believe me."I thought about that for a while. "Got any more... boxing... tips?" I asked with a grin.The chief jerk tormenting poor Hassam was Wally Fuller, or WalMart as he was known because of his size. Six-foot-two, 220 lbs., he was easily the most formidable-looking student at.