I meant to do it yesterday, but I was too tired to bother. And can you call CrossTrain Sports for me and ask them to ship down a big box of chalk, pri...rity?"He listened for a moment and then turned to Cara and Ami. "Is there a special kind or size you need? Or anything else that we don't have that you need for your work on the equipment?"Cara looked to Ami. From what they had seen, Todd had it all. "Nope, all we need is the chalk, just say a case of 24, and they'll understand." Did you hear. Jordan saw Rebecca opening up her purse andputting on some lipstick. He thought it might be weird if he didn't dothe same. Following her lead, Jordan unzipped his purse and pulled out atube of pink lipstick that Anna had added to his purse. He opened thetube, twisted the lipstick and leaned in close to his reflection. Heslowly lined his lips with the lipstick.When he finished, he saw that Mr. Johanson watched him the whole timenever taking his eyes off him. Jordan closed the lipstick back up. He'd showered since forever, but now felt the need for a soaking, hot bath. His eyes streaming with tears, he went into his room and slowly peeled off his clothes. It was almost painful. Daniel wanted Carter to be doing this, remembering how teasingly he had opened his Christmas present. The slow, deliberate taking away of his shirt, but ripping his tee apart, still made Daniel shudder. At the same time, however, he wished that Peter was stripping them away, calling him a dick-licker as he did. "Yes?" Milord, what of the universal greeting from the AmerBloc space station?"The scarred man laughed, its melodious nature incongruous with his face. "Ihave to admit, the slide show was amusing in a quaint sort of way," heobserved. He demeanor grew serious. "That said, send our standard reply ...and inform the other Vanguards that Operation Enlil will be initiatedmomentarily."***"We are the Patriarchy. The conquest of your planet is under way. Our armiesshall crush your cities, obliterate.