He walked up and down the rows, staring each of us in the eye. Standing in front again, an unmistakable look of disgust on his face, he said, "Okay. I... want everyone that thinks he is a man to take two steps forward."We nervously looked at each other, and then en masse we all took two steps to the front."Goddammit! You all are just boys. There ain't a man among you. I'm gonna break you down in pieces. Then when you are nothin' I'm gonna put y'all back together again. When I'm finished you can be. I'm not one of those girls that cries at the drop of a hat, but I haveto admit I'm much more emotional than I was two years ago. I know Imentioned how much differently a kiss affects me now. The first time Iwas kissed by Kurt, it felt wonderful and felt right, after all I was agirl, isn't that the way girls were supposed to feel? As I think aboutit though, every feeling I had was just what someone else had feltbefore me and said or written about. I was reacting from my brain andnot from my. The words sounding horrible with her thick accent.Jarod notices the darkness in the tent had faded away. "I can't believe we've stayed up all night talking." Micheal lifts her head from his chest. She rests her chin on her hands that are laying folded across it. "I can't believe I've been here 4 days and have yet to sleep a whole night. That's what I can't believe." she says smiling at him. Jarod runs his fingers threw her hair, noting the light reddish color in it. "This might sound crazy but. If they had thought about her at all they have assumed she was at camp. They would have assumed she has her bags with her. There would be no questions, she was certain, if she simply told them she had come home to get some yard games to play in the evenings at the camp. Clem was scared silly by the plan, but somehow it all made sense. It supplied Sarah with all the casual clothes she could want, but more importantly, it handled a couple other issues. It put her back in touch if there was.
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