"Then suddenly remembering that he still had another class to catch,Jarod said, "Oh shit!" and ran out of the room, definitely not wantingto be late t... his next class as well.--------------------Over the next several periods Jarod slowly came to a conclusion. His newschool sucked just as bad as his old ones. The classes were the usualboring stuff, taught in the usual boring way and with none of the otherkids bothering to talk to him except for the occasional "Hi." All thetypical cliques were. We'd be poor and starving if we couldn't learn to make some kind ofliving. And if the US found out about us, we'd have to flee to anothercountry and start all over or die."There were tears flowing down his cheeks now. I got up and sat on theedge of his bed. I took one of his hands and held it. He closed his eyesand took a deep shuddering breath."I also realized that I would never see my mom again, ever, or my dad, oranybody that I had ever known. I would be totally, completely cut offfrom. " She came over to give me a hug. "I don't think you've met Louis, my husband."It was all I could do to contain my compulsion to giggle. I coughed.I reached out my hand to shake and that seemed to be an acceptable greeting to him."Nice to meet you, Louis." Nice to meet you, too. Sunny speaks highly of you."Sunny? What about Jeff?"Sam's busy cooking or I'm sure he'd be out here to say hello," said Sunny.Sandy still had an arm around me, but not with the intensity with which she had. The sight of her fingers opening up and closing, curling and stretching had a hardening effect on me. And the vivid memory still has.Next, she gets out a brown scarf and spreads the soft fabric over her lap. I caught myself thinking that the dimensions were big enough to cover both our laps. Well, at least my erection. She reinstalls her hand back onto the tray, against mine. Our fingers find each other again and the rubbing and brushing recapture immediately.All the while, she moved her heel.