Wide-eyed, she skittered away from Apis, her voice flittering as she dashed for the door and into the hall. "No! Oh God, oh, I'm afraid! Please, no, d...n't let him hurt m-" No! Wait! PLEASE!" Lauren's survival instincts were screaming at her to run, but some other instinct, something stronger, picked up on something in Apis' voice, the shade of some emotion she hadn't heard since her children were young. She came back and peeked through the door, uncertain. Apis was on his knees, his eyes. Her eyes lit up as if she had turned on a switch. I was mesmerized! She was enchanting and I was enchanted. And then it happened. Our hands touched. She shook my hand in a friendly business-like greeting, but I was suffering from sensory overload. I need to interject a crackpot theory I’ve been working on. It’s a theory I developed because my most sacredly held beliefs are now being challenged, and I need something to meet that challenge head-on or I may see the total destruction of my belief. " Yeah, algebra can do that to you," Jenny chuckled."That's nothing. In science class, I can barely keep from stabbing myself with the closest sharp object. What is it about school that causes us to self destruct?" Carly piped up."It's because the air is full of the confusion and crappy teenage angst of the people around you," I said with a laugh."I live in a house with three teenagers, but I never feel confused and frustrated, just happy," Elisa said sweetly."You are so cute." I said as I. Jake knew that Jenny would be alone, so he was disappointed when he received a text from her that said she was having a spa day at the gym. He knew which gym she went to, and knew she didn't like their spa; the women were too gossipy, and too much relaxation loosened her lips. Having lied to Sarah about the garage to spend the morning and afternoon with Jenny, he was afraid that she was getting cold feet; he hadn't been with her for four days.All Jenny needed was some "Me time"; a nice.