Lara and I were watching Mr. Jarvis, the science teacher, begin to sing, "When You Love a Woman," from Journey. As I took a sip from my drink, a man w...alked up, extended his hand, and asked, "May I have this dance?"I looked, and looking back at me were light brown eyes, like creamy caramel, black hair, a million watt smile, and the answer to my prayers. I coughed as I choked on my drink and I think I went into a state of shock. I reached over and tapped Lara's arm."Lara ... Lara, I think I'm. ” She smiles and I laugh and leave the tent. I walk for a few minutes, then turn on my flashlight. I didn't want to risk anyone seeing me, but I figured I was deep enough in the forest that no one would think anything of it. The guides would think it was the scouts, the scouts would think it was the guides.It takes another five minutes before I find the same place as before. I sit by the base of one of the trees, waiting.It takes ten minutes for him to get there. He walks out of the bushes and. They stood respectfully apart, pointedly ignoring each other, waiting for my doors to fully open, and then the male gestured toward me and the female stepped into me before he followed her into me. This was not uncommon, for I had many times witnessed a male allowing a female to enter or exit me first, and had come to believe that females must be particularly revered amongst Humans.As my doors closed, however, the male stood directly next to the shorter female, his arm pressed against hers as. “Just do it Brandy.” Her father said. There was annoyance in his voice, as if she were a willful child and he was the exasperated parent. In his mind, maybe that was what this was. Without warning Andre took a step forward and raised his massive hand. It collided with the side of Brandy’s face, rocking her entire body. Tears welled in her eyes and for a moment her knees were wobbly. She clutched her face and looked up slowly. In a flurry of movement Andre grabbed her by the neckline of her tank.
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