Next, we decided whatever else came out of the meeting we would try and get a written pardon for all of our people from the government, for all crimes...we may have committed since the plague.We finally went to bed about midnight. I was having problems convincing my wives to make themselves scarce the next day, by going fishing or hiking. Not one of the five was agreeable to this idea. I think, Mindy and Mandy, because they felt if the others were not going into hiding, then they did not need to. The first person I met as I walked in the school door on the first day that senior fall was the girl destined to be the captain of the senior cheerleading squad."High, Shorty, how's your reach this year?"That comment and her snickering giggles that followed had my face turn red by the third word she got out of her mouth.Where it came from or how I ever managed to speak the words, I've yet to find out. But, instead of sulking away in guilt, I answered her."Baby, it ain't the reach, it's the. Teresa rolled her eyes and went to class.This class was not unlike the others in the sense that she could not focus. 'Did I do it wrong? Is this a punishment? Did he use me? What did I do?' Were some of the questions pounding at her. Senior year now sucked. She asked the teacher if she could use the restroom and he excused her. It just so happened that Pat was on his way to the office when Teresa was on her way to the facilities. She wasn't going to let him worry her after this. "Pat!" She. ‘Simon! Good job!’ he said. ‘Now go help out Phil’s team on the other hose!’ There was still plenty of work to do, and Simon didn’t see the woman again. He recalled that she seemed young, even younger than he was, and he thought she might have been pretty. But he couldn’t say for certain, and in any case there was no time for woolgathering. – – – – – – – – – – Some hours later, still feeling the rush from the fire and the rescue, Simon finally began to take stock of the night’s events. He.