" Ah, come on, it's all right." I mean it. I don't like what... I just don't like it."Rod was too elated to really listen. He drained his glass and po...ured himself a generous amount of straight scotch. He raised his glass in a mock toast. "Don't be a prude. Listen, I tell you it's all right. Little grass won't hurt a thing."Gail stared up at her husband filled with a dread of what was coming. He was standing in front of her, drinking, gulping. She knew his pattern. If he kept on like this, he. But this isn’t a good time or place to begin. A better time is four hours earlier, down below. In the pit.Sweaty male bodies crashed into mine, knocking me off balance. A rough shove from the side was all that prevented me from falling, sending me between another two bodies instead. I steadied myself against the heaving back in front of me, brushing my long hair out of my face and wincing from the bruise I had received from a spiked gauntlet between the ribs on the way past.Height of bad mosh. "You'll pay for that Elle, why aren't you dressed properly?" She tookhold of the remote hanging from her neck and pressed the button, to noeffect."I'm not your maid I'm your husband but not for much longer," Bob toldher. "You probably don't want to remember but my name is Robert Parksnot Elle, she's a figment of your imagination."She immediately appealed to Jenny for support."Don't try that on with me, you slut." Jenny glared at her. "You neverdeserved a good man like Bob and don't think. He wasn't there when Mark took his seat during the next period, math, theone actual class the pair shared. In fact, the whole classroom lookedwrong; Nate Johnson was in Steve's usual seat, and the rest of thestudents were shuffled around until the only open desk was in the back,where the popular girls sat. As the bell rang a stunning blonde he'dnever seen sauntered in through the door, absentmindedly wiping her lips.She took the empty desk, and Mark stared until she gave him a look towither a.