Bell!? What are you...?” A shrill ringing fills the air before I can finish speaking, and the surroundings seem to slowly fade away as I cover my ea...s. The walls, windows and curtains seem to dissolve, soon followed by the furniture, the floor, and even the darkness, until all that remains is Bell and I, floating in a brilliant white void, until even she begins to fade. “No! Wait!” I reach out to her, trying to grasp onto her in the midst of this madness, but my hand is next to follow, slowly. As his small hand turns the door handle and he pushes it open a wall of thick sweet smelling smoke collides with his tiny form. ‘Mom! Dad? Are you alright? What happened?’ With the words barely off of his tongue something heavy and solid collides with his small jaw and he can feel the bones crunching under the impact as Daniel begins to black out and fall back. Since puberty had begun to change him Daniel had felt something itching at the back of his mind, something that scares him even though. We were way ahead of schedule, so by early afternoon we were done and had the furniture put back into place."I'm a little sore. How about you?" I asked."Yeah, just a little. Not used to climbing up and down the ladder." he responded."Why don't you go and get your swim suit on, and come back over. We can sit in the hot tub and loosen up a bit." I said."Damn, that's a good idea Mrs....um...Erica." he shot back.Within a few minutes, he was back at the door. I yelled at him that I was getting. After David had gone outside to get our things, I thought about closing the bathroom door, but I didn't. I was excited by this game, this flirting and seduction, if that's what it was. I finally had some understanding of what my friends, the few I'd had in high school, had felt growing up and discovering boys and feelings for one in particular. I'd only loved dogs and so I hadn't understood any of what they were talking about, but now I did. I wanted David to look at me and like me. I wanted.