Cassia just looked down at me and smiled wickedly, asking,"So, how do you feel?" I still felt weak and it was hard to breathe, butI knew I had to try ...and get up and get away, anyway. Unfortunately, mycoordination was way off, and I would have tumbled off the chair I wasin, but Cassia easily pushed me back. I noticed a crushing sensation inmy ribs and the wind was knocked out of me. I just lied there trying toregain my breath."Don't go trying to move now, sweetheart. I promise you that you. My midnight I managed to lose my squeeze somehow and I was now thinking about bed."Lets leave the mess until tomorrow," suggested Trish, after the last guest had left."Sure," I agreed and headed for my bed.I was almost asleep when my door creaked open and for a split second I froze in fright."Tommy," whispered Trish.I was just about to say she was in the wrong room when I heard my door close and the floor boards creak as she walked towards my bed."I'm cold and I want a hug," she. "Jane returned to work with renewed verve, and found that her status had risen markedly as a result of getting her water-rights bill passed. This had been the first bill to address a planet-wide problem that had gotten through the Senate, and she was now regarded as a power to be reckoned with. Many Senators were eager to have her support their bills and there was some talk of having her become the president of the Senate. Jane discounted this, she thought that she was too young to get elected. As I was walking by the bathroom door, my sister came out in only a towel. I looked down and noticed her cute little feet but kept walking to my bed. She asked,"Where were you coming from?" So I replied,"Downstairs. I was getting a drink of water. Why?" "Oh, nothing, it just looked like you came from my room." "Well I didn't, you loser," I stuck my tongue out at her. She replied with a simple laugh and walked into her room to get dressed. I got into my bed and quickly fell asleep, thinking of.