"Her news and vocal delivery surprised me, but I wasn't alarmed. "Oh, okay. Who is he?"Cassidy's green eyes glittered and she got a hopeful expression... since I didn't seem angry. "His name's Cameron. You don't know him. He goes to a different school. But ... well ... we're getting closer and I'm thinking he wants to go steady but I just couldn't really ... I dunno ... I wasn't sure if we were totally done. I mean, I know we broke up and I told you we couldn't get back together but I just ... I. It was quite filthy, with her clothes and spellbooks thrown haphazardly around and a thick layer of dust covering the tops of the cabinets and dressers. All of the servants had quit after her parents had died, and Alice wasn’t all that interested in cleaning the manor when she could be working on magic. Alice walked to him and dropped to her hands and knees and bowed her head. Without preamble, Wyrm spoke. “You will clean this entire manor every day at dawn, and after completing your chores you. She ecstatically informed me that I received orders and was being shipped out. She was happy for me because she knew how incredibly boring it was in Wyoming and she wanted me to go to a more exciting base. She sternly warned me not to tell anyone of my reassignment until the first sergeant did and to act surprised. I gave her my word. The funny thing about leaving a base is the word spreads like wild fire. People you didn’t know or never talked to would begin approaching you and making. She had only three weeks to go before the prom. Everyone else in her class was going, which meant that there were no virgins left.She had asked Sybil how she got her date. Sybil and she were the last hold-outs. Sybil had giggled. She was going with David Potter, who was a rather good-looking boy, if excessively intellectual.Sybil merely giggled."I took the plunge, what else? Why don't you, Cathy?" Ohhh," Cathy mourned, "I promised my mother!" She couldn't very well admit that she was still a.