”Bettina ran to the window. “Oh God, she brought the whole family,” she said, and hustled into the bedroom and pulled on a pair of jeans. Then s...he turned off the stove and they walked out on the porch. Travis stood with his arm around her. Bella sat beside them, the sentinel.Bettina’s father was behind the wheel and her mother was in the passenger seat, with the little girl between them. Grandma and the two boys were in the back.Bettina’s father, Robert was a large man. He got out and walked. He> told me very directly to clean it up. I went to grab> a cloth or something. He said, " where are you> going, I said to get a towel", He said, NO, on your> knees and lick it up. I felt bad enough and I would> never ague with a teacher or parent. So I did what> he told me. I licked it up. He then said, "stand> up", so I did he leaned into me and kissed me,> sucking on my tongue. It was my first kiss and WOW!.> that was that , we never spoke about it again. > > Now I stand here thinking of all. Nicole, you and I will have to sleep in this bed right here. And Joey? You and Luna will have to share the bed in the next room. Is that alright with you?" Even Luna couldn't conceal her smile as she looked at me. "Sure thing mom, we'll be fine," Luna said and we both smile widely. Strangely enough, my mother took no notice of us and sat down at a table and continued to talk with Nicole. I went downstairs into the waiting room where they had the only TV in the whole place. However, I was. He looked deeply troubled. A rare silence occupied the bridge; it meant that something unusually serious was happening. The furrowed faces of the executive officer and the navigator were a match; the junior officers exchanged terrified looks but noone dared yet to voice the unthinkable.It was the captain who did so, with a low-keyed voice that sounded like it belonged to a dead man:"All hands. Abandon ship."The ship's XO looked at him as if he had just been stabbed in the heart; he couldn't.