He pulled out his wand and pointed it at his wrist. The hands on the watch swirled until coming to a stop. It was nearly midnight. There was one ...one light on in the house. Other than that, the place seemed either deserted or its occupants asleep. The man did not care if everyone was asleep; he would merely wake them up. He picked up his pace as he crossed the yard and ascended the steps up to the front door. The man knocked three times and stood waiting for someone to let him in. A. The speaker had auctioned of some items and was taking about the 50/50 just as we rolled the spinning tub out onto the stage beside him. A young lady was announced as the one who would draw the winning ticket. She did, the winner was announced, there were screams from the back, a lady came forward and was handed a wad of money, the drawing was over and Summer and I were done. We rolled the tub off the stage, emptied it into and waste basket looked at each other with a smile and left. The band. "I want our school name in the papers, but not for this. I want the papers to be talking about our volleyball team!"He got up laughing. "A much more admirable thing to put in the papers!" he said.We got back to the school and I told the police in front of Sister Elizabeth Ann that I did not want to press charges. They weren't satisfied with that and called Mike and Ann.This was so frustrating! Being 14 had a lot of advantages, but so few people take you seriously at this age.While we waited for. . as long as they weren't validated with acknowledgment. That is, just don't talk about it.This interaction, however, was moving at warp speed. Jean usually took forever to circle up the wagons and establish her perimeter of protection more often of the barbed-wire variety. Cutting through the niceties this rapidly let me know that she felt strongly about what had happened. Usually, Jean dealt with uncomfortable topics by ducking behind her long-practiced wall of denial. And I know what that.