I was already interested in Shannon and have been thinking about how to be careful with her. Mark never had a chance to think. So the hormones just to...ok the driver's seat and it's been downhill from there. Hmm. Well, I'm going to call it a night and go scuba diving or something to get my mind off all this until I have to get up. See you in the morning."Saturday was a typical southern California day. I did my homework, the regular weekend chores and the two of us washed both cars. Then we swam. ” She trailed the back of her cold hand across Amber’s cheek. Amber flinched and turned away. “I’m certain Cain has given you a history lesson,” she hissed.“Fuck you!” Amber snarled.Gail answered with a throaty cackle. “In time. For now, Cara has given me what I needed. But you, I have proper plans for you. I knew you were special the day you touched my fence. You remember it, don’t you? You were just a child then, but I could tell you had the gift.”Amber eyed the room. There was the black. ” Gavin’s words sent further ripples of mirth through the students; they didn’t seem to know who to look at now that the handsome older guy had arrived at their table.“Oh, I’m sure he’s no more a rogue than his uncle,” the teacher said, her cool stare lingering on Gavin.“You may be right, but then you’ll never know, will you?” He held her stare and Josh could sense the evaluation going on in her mind. His uncle was working her as her class looked on. Giddy though the students were, they were. That butterflies had problems getting through. It was a mostly cloudless day, near noon, and the sand was hot under my feet from the direct sunlight.Raquel decided where she wanted to be and removed two large beach towels from the rucksack she had carried with us. She laid them very carefully, side by side in the sand, allowing a few inches of overlap so they formed one large ground sheet for the two of us. I immediately sat at one corner of what I thought was to be a picnic spread. Raquel gave.