Year in and year out. The previous year had been typical: 8-4 overall, 5-3 in the ACC, a victory in the Sun Bowl. Always good, never great.BC did have... higher aspirations this year. That team that had gone 8-4 had been made up of mostly sophomores and juniors, including Chad, the Sophomore quarterback. Chad himself had made steady improvement, as had his team, so there were glimmers of higher aspirations this year. Nothing major, though. The pre-season polls had them at 23rd, most. She then brings out her paddle. Misty had the look of relief, On her face. Three licks, With the paddle. And it's done. But not this time. " You suppose to be in History class. Right? " Kim asked. " Ugh... Yeah. " Misty responded. " Mmmmm....I'm going to really give you something to be embarrassed about. Lets go! " With paddle in hand, Kim leads the way. Russ holds Misty's arm firmly. She's curt walked, Out the door. Down the sidewalk. " Here she comes! " Another student in our class, Yells. Hands tightening on her waist, they both felt him expand within her. A moment later their cries met his release. Lessa fell forward, kissing him, her unbound hair setting over them like a hood, necklace and it's locket hanging down to touch his two lockets. A few moments later, his mind somewhat able to focus somewhere besides where they were still joined, Don rolled them both onto their sides still facing each other intertwined. He brushed the hair away from her face, and they just smiled at. Just because he was a healthyHalfling, didn't mean he didn't feel pain. The blow broke his noseand two teeth. With his arms restrained, hands behind his back, thelanding badly twisted the C1, C2 and C3 vertebrae at the base of hisneck when the rest of his body followed his face into the deck. Itwouldn't have killed him if it had broken his neck, but it would havetaken years for his spinal cord to mend enough to simply walk again.Fortunately for Loudon, that didn't happen. The world swam and.