" I don't want to go."Shontay looked exasperated. "I want you to."Laura was determined not to leave. There was too much at stake. It could not end lik...e this. She sucked up her courage and took a step forward. She raised her hand to caress Shontay's cheek, as she had done many times in the past. Shontay parried it quickly with her forearm, a slashing movement that pushed Laura's arm awkwardly to the side.Laura's shoulders slumped. She wasn't willing to fight physically about it. She felt. " It won't have hurt him, in fact it probably did him the world of good to have seen you and I bet it didn't really bother you - you're not exactly the shy retiring type!" Dad laughed quietly."It gets worse!" Mum went on, "We went for a walk after lunch and decided to go for a swim in our undies. When mine turned see-through in the water he got another erection and admitted he liked looking at me. It was kind of cute, watching blush and act all embarrassed. I decided to give him a lesson in the. I turned back and invited them to our rehearsal this afternoon ... they agreed.I found my way to my shared office with Paul, still wiping my eyes clear. He was there, so I stopped and explained what had happened. He gave me a hug, one I apparently needed.It got all around the school, including Lincoln High. With my emotions on my sleeve, I created an In-Memorium for Bill Chapman, which will be placed into each program as it is handed out.There was nothing about what happened to me in it, just. . again.In fact my deadness would lead to all sorts of aliveness, which, if history really is repeating itself, would lead to a lot more deadness.So ... though I was alive, right now, I would be very dead in just a few moments.Really. Truly. Dead.R.T.D.The impact was even worse than I remembered. Of course I was remembering things that were happening and just about to happen.Quite the conundrum.The time it took Mr. Hillman's produce truck to kill me stretched out like an eternity. My mind.