Then she jumped up and leaned over to plant a little kiss on his cheek.“It’s a date!” she said, as she gathered her things and bounded off to he...r next class.Zane was left sitting there in stunned silence. What the hell had just happened?Stephanie had barely cleared the cafeteria doors before Carly and Julie came scrambling over and pulled up a couple of seats right next to him.“WHAT ... THE HELL ... WAS THAT?” Carly asked.Zane thought about it for a minute and answered, slowly “I ... have no. ”“That they both could live for years off a dead ‘bear’?”“That’s the one. I thought it was hilarious and rather fitting, but in their eyes, you had committed blasphemy. Their reaction was similar to that of the Islamic Mullahs to those Danish cartoons - it was an act worthy of death. You wouldn’t have gotten that kind of response if you’d announced that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was a whore.”“Twenty years older and wiser, I can see the truth in that. Now, you said that was the first influence.. This way, he felt a little better, and he felt like his ass was protected. Still the blood dripped, though, down from his asshole, onto his scrotum, and onto the old linoleum-covered floor. Was he going to bleed to death?? He didnt know. At that particular point in time, he didnt really care, either. If Roy could do that to him any time he wanted to, death might be better after all. Such thoughts should not be coming from a 7-yr-olds mind. The next day was spent in the exact same way. Roy and. "I'm coming, jeez."Someone was knocking. Curious, Adam, opened his door a crack, to seeCharlize, in a tanktop, boyshorts and flipflops, hurrying over toanswer the measured, but impatient beat from the other side.To his astonishment, it was Ashley.***Katie posed in front of the mirror. It would never, in a millionbillion years, fit, what with its triple D cup size compared to hermuch more modest B cups.Yet, now that she was alone, she couldn't imagine a better way to getin touch with her lately.