" Oh?" Oscar arched one eyebrow. "Really? Well, I never. Charmed, I'msure," he said, extending one hand limply. "And what can I do for suchlovely ...adies? Something mineral perhaps? Vegetable? Or... animal?" Oh Oscar, you know fine why we are here. We'd like dresses for theparty. Elizabeth is going to be a glamorous pussycat, and I will be alittle rabbit." A fox!" Elizabeth cried, smiling. "You should be a fox!" Oh no darling, Giles and I are to be rabbits together." No, but, if you. They are both so incredibly sexy.I texted back and forth with Morgan for a while and managed to calm her down. I had told her a number of times that I had just broken up with Alyssa after being in an exclusive relationship for six months, and I didn’t want to get into anything exclusive again right away. I still wanted to see her, but it was summer time and I wasn’t ready for that yet.I explained what had happened with Maya, and the bee sting, and what happened afterwards. None of it was. M. and a lot of people had left, and most of the ones still there were wasted. I was about to give up and call my parents anyway when I ran into Brad. Yes, that Brad.We hadn't seen much of each other much over the last couple of years. We were still friendly, but since our breakup we had just drifted into different circles. He took one look at me, and took me into his arms. He didn't even asked what had happened, he just held me. That's when I lost it. Tough, self-reliant, take-charge Shayna. I know the studentsdon't agree with the decision but they have little to say in thematter. I think I am going to wait at least a few days beforemaking a final decision. The superintendent said I should get myown lawyer to fight it, but you know we don't have money for a longbattle that maybe we can't win." "Well, no matter what you decide I am behind you all the way. Iknow you really enjoyed teaching and it is a shame that you can'tcontinue. Maybe something will come up that will work out for.