"It is freezing in here." "Well, to tell the truth, I am too. There is a wind in here, coming in with that daylight we can see up there, but tha...t place is too high up for us to get out by." Valerie -- she volunteered her name then -- wanted to explore to see if there was any other way out, but in that near-total darkness there was little hope of finding anything. (Ralph carried a pen-light on his keychain.) The temperature rise that had loosened the snow had reversed itself now and. The girl sitting next to me yelled that I was having a seizureand I quickly quieted her concern. The teacher noticed my behavior andsent me to the clinic. I called my mom, not knowing what to tell her. Isimply told her I had a panic attack. At that point I had decided tocome clean with my mom (I will NEVER tell my dad, it would kill him toknow that his son was/is a "pussy"). I told her we needed to talk inprivate. She sent my older brother to come get me. On the way home Itold him everything.. **********Nine Tenths by Chilli TNG It was a glorious late October day; the trees were bare of leaves, the sky was overcast, the slight breeze that was present provided just enough coolness in the air to chill a person to the bone. In other words, it was a perfect day for Hallowe'en. Everyone thought so, from the milkman to the bus driver, from the store clerk to the bank president, from the cheerleaders to the president of the high school audio-video club. Everyone, that is, except for Jason. "As John started to reply, saying, There are forms you have to fill out, Hasan, so see the Registrar, who is also the clergyman you need," Penny walked in the living room door, saying "The kids are having a ball through there," then sensed the changed atmosphere. "What's going on? Gloria, Muriel? Can you tell me?"Gloria responded, "Hasan has just invited Roxanne to marry him." Why? What brought this on?" Roxanne is pregnant, Penny. Hasan is the father." Oh. I see. You mean Hasan and Roxanne.