“We can talk later. The longer we remain, the more likely someone will get shot.”That shook Xi out of her daze. She turned and hurried back before... shouting into the distance. “We’re ready to go. We found it!”Betty continued examining the strange craft, searching for an entrance. “You speak with an odd accent. Where’d you pick it up?”“Alas, I only encounter humans every few decades. Most of my English was learned during the 1920s, so I maintain some of each generation’s phrasings.”“They’re on. “Don’t move a muscle,” Samantha ordered in a very serious tone, holding up one finger for emphasis. At the door was Janice, who Samantha immediately took by the arm and led to the kitchen. There she saw Kelly Ann sitting obediently on the counter, top down around her stomach, skirt hiked up around her waist, with her legs spread and blue goop covering her thighs and crotch. Janice smirked lasciviously. What more could you possibly ask for?Janice and Samantha knelt in unison and began to clean. It’s like a milestone or something. It’s the day you officially stop being a child and start being a teenager. I remember when Tara turned thirteen – that was only a year and a half, nearly two years ago. She had two parties. One party was the family one for all the relatives where the adults sat around and talked about adult stuff while we children crowded into Tara’s bedroom and put on some real music and talked about real stuff. She also had a ‘friends party’ where the house was full of. ”Sheila leaned in against me.“Do you think I’m pretty?” she asked.“I wouldn’t have chased you for months if I thought you were ugly,” I replied.Sheila chuckled.“I thought you weren’t chasing me.”I toe-to-heel kicked off my tennis shoes.“Do you mind if I get comfortable?” I asked, pushing my shoes off to the side with my foot.“Not at all,” Sheila replied.I looked at her French-manicured nails.“I like your nails,” I commented. “It shows me you have a little pride in how you look.”“Thanks,” she.