ROCKS.HE CLIMBED TO WHERE SHE SAT,THEN SAT BESIDE HER.CLAE BECAME AWARE
         
         OF HIS PRESENCE AND SNIFFLED.SHE TUCKED A LONG LOCK OF SILKY GOLDEN HAIR
         
         BEHIND HER EAR.SHE RAISED HER LARGE VIOLET EYES TO DAVID’S AND LEANED HER
         
         HEAD ON HIS SHOULDER.
         
           “I-I’M REALLY SORRY THIS IS HAPPENING TO YOU.” DAVID SAID SOFTLY.HE

         HEARD CLAE CHUCKLE.
         
           “IT’S NOT ME I WORRY ABOUT.LOOK AT THE BOYS.MOST OF THEM ARE EAGER      

         AS IF THIS IS FUN.I ADMIT I DO LOVE A GOOD ADVENTURE,BUT THIS GOES BEYOND

         MY STANDARDS.” SHE CONFIDED.DAVID SOFTLY PATTED HER HAIR.
         
           “I PITY DRAKE AND THE OTHER SIXTEEN AND SEVENTEEN YEAR OLDS.” DAVE SAID.

         CLAE LOOKED UP.
         
           “WHY? IT WILL BE EASIER ON THEM.” SHE ARGUED.
         
         “CAN YOU IMAGINE THE BEARD THEY’LL HAVE ON THEM IN A FEW DAYS?” DAVE SAID.

         CLAE’S BRILLANT AND PERFECT SMILE MADE DAVE FEEL HAPPY INSIDE.
         
           “THAT IS ONE POINT I FORGOT ABOUT.NO RAZORS IN THE KITS?” SHE ASKED.
         
         “NO SUCH LUCK.” DAVE SAID.HE RAN HIS HAND OVER HIS CHEEK AND CHIN.CLAE
         
         SAW HIM AND LAUGHED LOUDLY.DAVE BLUSHED.CLAE LAUGHED LOUDER AND WAS IN
         
         DANGER OF FALLING OFF THE ROCK INTO THE ANGRY WATERS.SHE GRABBED HER
         
         SLIM WAIST AND LAUGHED EVEN LOUDER.DAVE JOINED HER.HE HADN’T REALIZED
         
         HOW GOOD IT FELT.
         
         
         
         
         
         TRACI STRETCHED AT THE FIRST RAYS OF LIGHT.SHE GOT UP AND LOOKED AROUND.
         
         CLAE WAS SLEEPING SOUNDLY AND A BUBBLE OF SALIVA WAS FORMING ON HER LIPS.
         
         TRACI LOOKED AT HER OLDER FRIEND.SHE ADMIRED CLAE FOR HER BRAVENESS