Understand what, Trevor? I burrowed into his eyes with mine, calling a bluff I had no business challenging. Youd better come clean now, or this is onl... going to get worse. Trevor seemed to take my threat to heart. Well, weve been having, you know, quite a bit of fun. Sexual fun? I prodded. Just then, Luke came into the room, now wearing a pair of cargo shorts and buttoning up a short-sleeved shirt. When he realized Trevor and I were there, he stopped and turned around. Not so fast, I said. Luke. I listenedfor the sounds of reentry or rescue, but I sensed only the hum ofdistant freeway traffic and the sweep of headlights across my grandma'slace curtains.SilenceI twisted my hands against the Seth's haphazard knots and slid free ofthem. I stripped the rumpled, sodden sheets and stuffed them into thewasher. I collected empty beer cans and swept up the shards of asmashed bottle of Cuervo Gold, cigarette butts, and the fire-scarredfoil where they'd cooked the crack that fueled their. "We love a girl in uniform," laughed the ringleader. "Does something for her, doesn't it guys." Let me go," I tried one more time but in my heart I knew it was a waste of my breath."Hold her tight," he said, "and lets see what she's got." Don't you dare," I screamed.But his hands never flinched as he started on my top uniform button. One by one he unbuttoned me to expose my regulation white blouse beneath. Again he unbuttoned that until my white bra was in sight."Not very sexy," he commented.. " I looked at both with love for a second, before saying my vows."I believe in the concept of love. For without love, none of us would be standing here today. I believe in fidelity between partners, to cleave to each other exclusively, united against those who would tear them apart. I stand here today, before these witnesses and whatever dieties they believe in, and declare my love, my loyalty, my protection, my very soul to these women. Without them I would be nothing. Victoria Marie Cross,.