’ Mary Louise looked at Tommy with anguish in her blue-green eyes. ‘Just trash the phone, Red. We’ll all stay together until things die down, an...d then we’ll explain to your parents.’ ‘But what about school? They might not let us graduate if we have too many unexcused absences!’ ‘Fuck the sch—’ Tommy began. ‘These problems are all relatively insignificant,’ Vholes interrupted impatiently. ‘With enough money, any damage can easily be repaired. And the trust contains enough money to buy the school. " Did she ground you then?"No... not really..." Not really? What did she do, Jared?" She, uh, well... I mean..." Did she spank you, Jared?"Jared tried to look at the floor again, but she snapped her fingers and he looked back into the older woman's eyes. The other ladies continued to giggle and whisper. "Jared, did your mother spank you for being disrespectful?" Um... y-yeah, I mean..."She snapped her fingers again. "Speak to me with respect, young man. You're in enough trouble as it is. ". Over the back of the couch, I saw two blond heads and a raven one between them."Thank you, boss." A voice with a slight Italian accent said in time with the character on the screen as two German voices laughed.At the top of the screen, were four scores: 1, 2, K and V. V was winning. I watched the game play for a few minutes. The Twins were letting V and K lead where they all went, occasionally sabotaging each other's scores. It seemed to encourage the other to two players to do things that. "Your race is nearly run, earthlings!" one of them cried in a voice like an electric pencil sharpener. "The end! The end!" cried Frank, banging his head against the lunch counter, perhaps feeling that mortification of the flesh was called for. "Your technology has advanced more quickly than your capacity for making wise choices in how you use it," explained the alien being. "So, for the greater good of the galaxy, we have come here to eliminate your species." "Can't you give us another chance?".