How are you?" asked Ted's mother. She seemed totally unconcerned that she was completely naked. Beverly and Hillary, however, naked as well, were snea...ing glances at me and strutted around a bit with shy smiles."Um, well ... Mrs. Baker" said I."Did I hear Ted correctly when he said that your aunt was holding a skinny-dip party this after noon?" Yes, she said she was having some friends over but I wouldn't know who they may be." I should give her a call this week; we may have friends in common.. ” she chanted in hypnotic compulsion.“Good.” I stood up. She was bundled up in her earmuffs and winter coat. She was pulling on a second glove. I saw the snow starting outside my window. It was a short walk.“You got everything?” Maybe I should’ve gone with the gloves and boots, but I slung into a leather jacket and stepped into my sneakers.“Ready to go!” she cheered. I frowned.“Grab your bag,” I told her. “And don’t leave your textbooks.”“I can come back later. No sense lugging around ... OK.”. She tried not to cry. Kyle would not look kindly on swollen eyes. But, as she came to realize that his actions in the last two days had not been drunken rampages but rather coldly calculated rage, all directed toward her, huge drops ran down her cheeks and periodically her body would shake uncontrollably as she sobbed.She had never met the girl Susan but she worried for her. No one deserved the fate which she herself had suffered. Yet, if she called the girl, it would probably mean the police,. ”“Tomorrow!? Wow, son. You move fast,” Dad said. “Well it sounds like you’ve planned stuff out very well. I can take the morning off work to drive you if you like.”“Thanks, Dad, but Darren said he’d give me a ride.”“Okay.”I had trouble sleeping that night. I got up, finished packing and Darren picked me up at 8:00.“Dude,” he said when I opened the door.“Word,” I answered. “Mom! Darren’s here! I’m going!”“Wait!’ Mom yelled and came down the stairs. She gave me a huge hug and kiss. “I’m.