"Well, uh..." I stuttered, trying desperately to formulate somereasonable response. I guess even if I was able to pull years ahead ofmy classmates, it... wouldn't be the overnight thing my particular casemost likely appeared to be."Well?" Mr. Samson prompted, trying to get me to spill the beans. I satthere, silent for a moment, trying desperately to formulate a response.Then, just as I was ready to give up, one came to me."It's like this," I began, "I knew I was pulling out ahead a long timeago.. What she did and who she is now." Shelby could only nod at Derrick's words as the tears were coming far faster than she thought they would. She suddenly realized that she was also far prouder of Lucy than she had at first thought. The fact that Lucy had done all that she had for Derrick also made Shelby prouder. _____________________________ Kimison was still pissed that he hadn't seen so simple of a solution to the problem. The simple fact that the whole project. “We need some gift certificates to hand out all over school and put them in the weekly paper as soon as we get them printed,” Bobby said.“I’ll do that for you too, Bobby. But it will cost you another night with me.” Marilyn said.“You’ll get that anyway. We’ll do something special for you.” Bobby hugged her.The buzzer sounded and Korian and Merilyn hugged Bobby again, then they ran to the other door.He started to head to English first period, but he remembered he was excused from classes. He was. . . I look like some High School Senior's wetdream!"As I gazed at my reflection, I felt a burning inside of me . . . acompulsion . . . a drive of some sort. I didn't know what it was,but one thing was for sure . . . I knew that it was the reason thatwas driving my every action. I quickly turned off the lights andheaded downstairs to grab my car keys. Before I knew it, I wasbehind the wheel of my car and driving off . . . destination . . . unknown.I found myself cruising the city, looking for.