”Kyra looked at the spear. She found the crystal and put her thumb on it. ‘Pen.’ The spear shrank until it was just 7 inches long.Kyra laughed. ...��How do I make it change back?’“Hold the shaft so you are touching the crystal and think spear.”Kyra held the tiny spear shaft in her fist. ‘Spear.’ The spear grew back to it’s full size. ‘Anything else?’Bob walked over to the spear’s box and bent down. “Yes, there should be another smaller box.”Bob pulled a smaller box out of the spear box. It was 5. I'm really not interested in that sort of thing with you." I hoped that my voice sounded normal to her, even though it had sounded strained to me."I know you're lying, Larry. Just come and stand at my door and watch me play with my carrot. I bet you're afraid to. Afraid you'll get all excited and rape me. I wouldn't tell anyone if you did, Larry. I wish you would." Kate, stop doing that. It just makes you sound like a cheap slut."I heard her leave and go back into her room. I turned my radio. **** In the middle of Wal-Mart, I dial Aidan’s number, praying he picks up while literally throwing the things on my list into the basket, I bake when I’m upset. ‘Hey Adele! What’s up?’ Aidan asked. After taking a very deep breathe and slowly flushing the tears out of my eyes I say ‘I can’t talk about it right now. Can I come over? I’m at the store picking up things for Oreo-stuffed chocolate chip cookies.’ ‘Yeah, of course you can. How soon will you be here?’ ‘Probably not for another 45. “That’s cool,” he said. It took a few seconds for our eyes to disconnect from each other. We continued to watch the movie, but every so often I felt Jason’s eyes on me, and from the corner of my eye I could see him watching me. Yet everytime I turned to look at him, he would look at the screen, as though he were afraid of what would happen if our eyes met. Well, I was afraid of what would happen if our eyes connected--or any other parts of our bodies. I knew it wouldn’t be long before the.