" Miranda nodded gave Zara a snuggle then left for her lair. Miranda slept for a whole twentyfour hours getting up she fixed herself something to eat,...then packed some food in her backpack, strapped her Mandolin to the pack and went through the mirror. After laying on the beach for an hour she decided she needed something to distract her from thinking about how long Christopher had been gone. Going over to the other mirror she took out her list of words and phrases looking at all the crossed. He was just curled up in a ball, his eyes tightly closed as he tried to gasp for air. The black man raised his fist, and I reached for it, trying to stop Atal from being beaten. I grasped the man’s arm, and was yanked forward by the man’s strength! “Stop it!” I cried.The next thing I saw was stars. Not from the fireworks, but from the hard, vicious slap that I got from the guy. It sent me sprawling, and I landed on my side in the grass. My head was spinning, and I lost all sense of time. . Sorry.”I barely registered his reply and walked away. The headache was spiking and I walked in a daze to the school bus. Outside the pain, I could hardly register anything. Someone shook me as my stop came up and I got down in a daze to walk to my home.I passed my step mom as she gave me a fake smile but I couldn’t muster any strength to greet her. I stumbled up the stairs and vaguely heard my dad call out to me.“Not now dad, I’m tired. We’ll talk tomorrow,” I muttered just loud enough for him. ." he snickered, "Albert and Benny. I didn't even touch them." That's not what they said happened Thursday and Friday nights." Consensual sex. Nothing more." You little pervert!" cried Katy. His sister, a student at the local community college had also become alienated from her younger brother when he leapfrogged past her in school. She had come to detest his superior attitude and lately the rebelliousness he was showing toward their mother and father."Hey, just because you can't get laid...".