After sitting back in my car and lighting a cigarette, I decided to ring my sister. I needed someone to talk to and she was the only person I knew tha... would understand this situation, being a mother herself of a seventeen-year-old boy.My sister picked up and I said, “Hey, Molly, how are you?”She was very edgy and said, “Oh, can I ring you back? I’m kinda busy at the moment.”Then I heard her seventeen-year-old son in the background say, “Mum, I’m stiff again. Can you give it a suck this. "You kissed Olivia?" Yeah, at the carnival." Lance closed his eyes, remembering his firstkiss. Then he remembered the humiliation of Tyler's kiss. "Don't changethe subject."Zoey sighed, then sat down on the bed next to Lance and hugged him. "Iwish I could fix what happened with Tyler. I should've made the firstmove. Not him. Nothing I can do can change that. I should've stepped inearlier when I saw him on you. And I should've slapped Dee earlier.Lance, I'm so sorry." Wait - you slapped. " Sam replied just as Carly opened the door."Sam, Freddie, what are you guys doing here?" She asked."We came to see your game, k*ddo." Sam said, barging in. "Where's the shower?"Carly looked at Freddie. "We had a long trip." He told her.* * *Later that evening, Sam and Freddie were in attendance as Xavier went against USC. Despite a career high 42 points and 12 assists from Carly, USC lost a tough and gritty game 88-85. It put an end to what had been a surprising season for the Lady Trojans who. " He hissed the words through clenched teeth and looked angrily down at her. At six feet tall he towered over her petite frame. She whimpered and looked away from his piercing gaze. He tightened his hand and shook her, slamming her back against the wall as he spoke. "Fucking look at me when I'm talking to you!" Trembling, she returned her fearful gaze to his, trying hard to shrink away from him and press herself into the wall. "I hired you. I told you what your job entailed and that if.