Marie walked over, "Hi, Tom, where's Ruth?"Tom was vague, "She's busy. She'll be back soon."Marie and Tom spoke for about ten minutes, and then Ruth j...oined them. There was an air of something between Tom and Ruth. They didn't seem to be angry, but they spoke to each other in short sharp sentences.Tom's phone rang, "Excuse me, I have to take this," he said.The bar was noisy, so Tom went where it was quieter. When he returned, he said to Ruth, "You have an hour."Marie knew something was going on,. I should know I am such a child. My name is Franklin Sothersby Plimsdale III, but all my friends call me Freaky, both of them.I will start with Hardcase, or as the school records office knows her,Tiffaney Rachael Khon. We call her Hardcase because she is so serious, and so good at solving problems, but she is such a softy inside, the kind to rescue strays. I should know, I am one of her projects. She is so smart, that she breaks all of the tests, all of them. They gave her the senior finals. He handed her the blue bag and her heart started racing. Opening the bag she saw a little black box, her fingers were shaking. She could hardly hold the box still. Taking it from her hands he opened it for her and she saw a 3 stone diamond necklace in white gold. A small tear started to roll down her cheek and he stopped it with a kiss. She turned and he placed the necklace around her neck. At first it felt strange and cold on her skin but then it warmed and it felt right to have there. It also. You remember all those messed up things thathappened to me after I got that shot? The muscles, my voice- uh, myAdam's apple. I remember being in the ambulance and then blacking out.They did something to me in a laboratory, and it eventually turned meinto this. Then, they made us act in the Hermie show. I'm the only oneleft now. Everyone's had their memory wiped, and the person who helpedme escape, she was arrested."Greg said, "Oh shit, the ambulance. We actually followed it, man."Eve sighed.