DARK AND MYSTERIOUS EYES LOOKED AT HER AND THEN BACK AT THE GROUP OF BOYS.

         CLAE DIDN’T THINK HE ACTED FIFTEEN .THE OTHER TEENS LOOKED AT HER WITH

         A LOOK OF BOTH DISGUST AND UNCERTIANTY.
         
           “SO WHAT’DA WE DO?” JACK ASKED.HIS BROWN EYES FLASHED.CLAE MET HIS STARE.
         
         “I DON’T KNOW JACK,I REALLY DON’T KNOW.”
         
         
         
         
         
               EIGHTEEN YEAR OLD DRAKE LEWIS HOISTED THE BOY ONTO HIS SHOULDERS.
         
         “CLIMB UP THE TREE.” HE HAD COMMANDED.THE BOY STOOD UP AND JUMPED ONTO THE

         TREE’S LIMB.DRAKE WATCHED HIM.
         
           “BE CAREFUL.” DRAKE HAD THEN SAID.DRAKE DIDN’T LIKE WASTING WORDS.THE

         BOY SCRAMBLED HIGHER.
         
           “OKAY.COUNT.” DRAKE SAID.THE BOY LOOKED FEVERENTLY AROUND.

         “TWENTY THREE... .THERE SHOULD BE TWENTY FOUR.” THE BOY SAID.

         “WHO’S GONE?” DRAKE ASKED,HIS CHEST TIGHTENING.PLEASE LORD,HE PRAYED,DON’T

         LET IT BE MY BROTHER.
         
           “UMMMMMMM,I THINK IT’S LAURI.YUP,I CAN’T SEE HER ANYWHERE.” HE CONFIRMED.

         DRAKE CURSED QUIETLY.
         
           “OKAY.DOWN.” HE SAID.THE BOY JUMPED AND DRAKE CAUGHT HIM DEFTLY.THEY WALKED
         
         TO THE BEACH.DRAKE LOOKED AROUND.IT WAS TRULY PITIFUL.THE BOYS WERE HUDDLED
         
         TOGETHER DOING NOTHING.THE TWO GIRLS WERE WALKING AROUND.DRAKE SAW THE ONE
         
         GIRL WITH BLACK RAVEN HAIR TAKING CARE OF A LITTLE BOY.WHAT WAS HER NAME?
         
         OH YEAH,TRACI.THEN HE SAW CLAE.CLAE WAS GOING FROM BOY TO BOY,CHECKING
         
         THEM OUT,TO SEE IF THEY WERE OKAY OR NOT.DRAKE WAS AMAZED AT HOW WELL THEY
         
         WERE HOLDING UP.IT REALLY SHOCKED HIM TO SEE THAT THEY WERE AS LEVEL-HEADED
         
         AS ADULTS WOULD BE.JUST THEN A FIGURE WAS WASHED UP.