HE SAW DRAKE AND WITH A DEFT MOVEMENT,KICKED HIM IN THE JAW.DRAKE WENT FLYING
         
         BACK AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE ROCKWALL.TRACI SCREAMED AND KNELT BY HIM.THERE WM
         
         A LITTLE BLOOD COMING OUT OF THE SCRATCH,NOTHING MUCH.TRACI LOOKED UP AT
         
         DAVE.CLAE STIRRED SLIGHTLY.
         
           “HOW DARE YOU,PUNK!” DRAKE YELLED,INFURIATED.TRACI PUSHED AGAINST HIM.

         “LET IT GO.” SHE SAID HARSHLY.BUT DRAKE HAD NO DESIRE WHAT-SO-EVER TO ‘LET IT GO’

         HE SPRANG UP AND LEAPT OVER CLAE.HE RAMMED INTO DAVE AND HE WENT SPRAWLING.TRACI

         JUMPED ONTO DRAKE’S BACK AND GRABBED HIS HAIR.
         
           “CUT IT OUT,YOU TWO!” SHE SCREAMED DIRECTLY INTO DRAKE’S EAR.DRAKE STOOD UP,

         TAKING TRACI WITH HIM.SHE JUMPED DOWN AND HELPED DAVID UP.SHE WEDGED HERSELF

         BETWEEN THE TWO BOYS AND ZACH AND EDDIE HELP THEM BACK.
         
           “WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR?!” DRAKE SHOUTED.DAVE DIDN’T FLINCH.

         “YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO KISS HER!” HE SPAT BACK.SEVERAL OF THE BOYS SNICKERED

         AND MANY SWORE.DRAKE LAUGHED INDAVE’S FACE,WHICH WENT BEYOND MEAN.
         
           “WHO SAYS?! I DIDN’T HEAR HER COMPLAIN!” DRAKE SHOUTED.
         
           “SHE’S UNCONSCIOUS FOR PETE’S SAKE!” DAVE SPIT BACK.SEVERAL LAUGHED AT THAT.

         TRACI WAS ABOUT TO SAY SOMETHING WHEN THERE WAS A COUGH.CLAE STOOD AT HER BACK

         WATCHING,WAITING.SHE WAS LIKE A CHILD,HER EYES WIDE,HER MOUTH IN AN INDEFINATE

         SHAPE.SHE SCRATCHED HER HEAD AND LOOKED AT THE TWO,
         
           “WHY AREN’T YOU ALL GATHERING WOOD,FISHING?” SHE RASPED.DRAKE SPUN ON HER.
         
         “WHY DON’T YOU GO DO IT?! STOP COMMANDING PEOPLE,CLAYETON! WE’RE ALL SICK OF
         
         IT!” DRAKE’S OUTBURST WAS UNEXPECTED.IT DIDN’T HOWEVER,SHOCK CLAE.CLAE
         
         WALKED IN A CIRCLE AROUND HIM,THE STOOD IN HIS FACE.HER EYES DIDN’T FLASH
         
         SHE JUST SMILED.TRACI GULPED.NOT ANOTHER FIGHT.
         
           “KISS ME.” CLAE PURRED.TRACI FELT HER HEAD JERK UP.CLAE WAS SMILING

         AS SWEETLY AS SHE COULD.DRAKE LOOKED SHOCKED.NO,BETTER YET HORRIFIED.
         
           “WHAT?” HE ASKED.CLAE LAUGHED EVILY AND JABBED A FINGER IN HIS