“Does she know what she’s doing to me?” Tentatively I let my own hand slip down from Nikki’s neck where I’d been caressing her down her thro...t and then to her chest. I’d already made it to first base with the kissing, why not go for a double? I drew a breath and looked into Nikki’s eyes. “I thought you and Tom..” I began, and she put a finger to my lips. “My mother Bertha adores him, but he’s a real stuck up pain in the tush,” she whispered in my ear as her tongue traced it, sending shivers. “Uh, school has been fine I guess. And there are a lot of guys at school,” I replied.“Yes, I know but maybe you need to focus on school work though. Right, Whitney?” Sam asked.“Well, I'm doing pretty good in school. I never got a referral before and the teachers have nothing but good things to say about me,” I replied.“Well, I wasn't saying you were flunking out or anything that. I was just giving you a hard time,” Sam said.“What? Are you nervous, man?” Jack asked.“No I'm OK, I'm just. * * * * * * * * * *By lunch, Mercy was convinced that changing socks would be hersignature prank. Easily done, hard to spot, overall pretty harmless anddone en masse it satisfied her need to prank. Still, she vowed to keepher new habit to herself for now. Creating mismatched pairs might upsether parents.Taking a seat beside her Brian finally had to ask her. "So I did readtrickster mages have a unique spell? What's yours?"Before she got to respond a loud shouting announced their worst bane. ’ He retorted, crossing his large arms across his chest. ‘Yeah, but how coherently do you think their story were?’ He countered. ‘They’d just been attacked in a dark alleyway after a long night. After the shock they went through, I’m sure they missed something and we shouldn’t take any chances with this.’ Marcus stared at him for a minute before nodding. ‘Fine. I’ll drive us over to the hospital then.’ He offered, holding up his car keys. Nick shook his head. ‘I want to go alone.’ He said,.