.." That last one exhausted my vocabulary, so it's just as well. How's the studying going?"She closed the textbook in front of her with a crack. "Chem...istry, ick. Time for you to teach me something that's more fun. Hit the showers, mister." Shower?" He brushed at the grass clippings stuck to his arm. "Yeah, maybe you're right. Don't go anywhere."When he padded back into the bedroom five minutes later with a damp towel around his waist, the books were put away and she was sitting against the. For a while now he had an idea and he thought it was the right time to take action. As he approached the group of girls, they thought he was on their side. Some of them had a crush on him, even back then, and seeked his approval. “With the way she dresses Marie will never find a boyfriend, wouldn’t you agree Steve?“ He had to concentrate to keep his temper. Steve can’t remember who said it but he gave her a look that made her instantly back off. He looked at Marie who seemed like a dear in the. Flames burned the night sky red as your father harshly pulled you through the flocks of panicking neighbors - houses were burning, some already collapsing upon themselves, screams rang shrill throughout the night.BOOM!Debris rained down from the sky as your father shoved you under a smoldering overhang of timber, trying to avoid the storm of broken metal falling down on you."John, stay under here," your dad yelled over the noise. "I'm going to get your mom! Don't move!"He ran off into the. With a sigh we pushed on. I led Sygor and Tonko down the steep incline that was the slope, keeping the flowing river to our right. We traveled for another half mile until we came upon another streambed that ran into the gorge. Just like the other stream had cut the land like a wound, it also barred our onward progress Seeing our onward trek blocked I turned us up the stream and we headed back uphill, searching for a ford. It took us nearly an hour to find it.By the noon hour, we were miles from.