IN THE SHALLOWS AND PULLED THE SWEATER TO THE SKINNY GIRL’S KNEES AND ROUGHLY
         
         SHOVED HER FORWARD.LAURI GRUMBLED AND MUMMBLED AS CLAE BENT DOWN AND TOSSED
         
         HER HER CLOTHES.CLAE SMILED ICILY AND POINTED TO THE LARGE ROCKS.
         
           “WHY SHOULD I?” LAURI SCREAMED.
         
           “LAUREN MARIE SANDERS     “ CLAE THREATENED.LAURI SNEERED.
         
           “CLAYETON REESE EVANS...” LAURI WARNED BACK.
         
           “DON’T TEST ME YOUNG LADY.GET DRESSED.” CLAE SNAPPED.TRACI BACKED AWAY

         WHEN SHE SAW CLAE’S EYES FLASH DAGGERS.SHE PULLED THE BOYS BACK.
         
           “LIKE YOU’RE REALLY GONNA DO SOMETHING. OH,LET ME FIND A PAIR OF

         BOOTS SO I CAN SHAKE IN THEM.” LAURI RETORTED HOTLY.SHE FLIPPED HER RED AMNE.
         
           “THAT’S THE LAST WARNING I’LL GIVE YOU....” CLAE SAID DANGEROUSLY.LAURI

         STAGED A FEARFUL EXPRESSION.
         
           “OH,NO! YOU’RE GOING TO MAKE ME SWING FROM BRANCH TO BRANCH.. .OH I AM
         
         SO SCARED!” LAURI SHOUTED.TRACI GULPED.IT WAS PLAIN TO SEE CLAE WAS STRESSED
         
         OUT AND AT WITTS END.TRACI HELD SIMON BACK BY HOLDING HER ARM FIRMLY
         
         AROUND HIS SHOULDERS.TRACI ALSO KNEW HOW CAPABLE CLAE WAS OF HURTING
         
         LAURI IF SHE SO WISHED.TRACI SILENTLY WILLED CLAE TO SLAP THE CRAP OUT
         
         OF HER.
         
           CLAE GLARED AT LAURI,THEIR EYES LOCKED IN A FEIRCE COMBAT OF DETERMINATION.

         LAURI SNICKERED.
         
           “YOU’RE SCARED OF ME,AREN’T YOU CLAE? YEAH,YOU’RE SCARED OF ME.SHAKING LIKE
         
         A LEAF I SEE.” TRACI NOTICED CLAE WAS SHAKING.BUT SHE KNEW THAT IT WASN’T
         
         OUT OF FEAR OR HATE,IT WAS PLAIN THAT CLAE WAS HAVING AN ATTACK.CLAE’S

         





         
         EYES FLASHED AND TRACI FOUND DAVE AT HER SIDE.
         
           “SHE’S NOT OKAY.” HE SAID QUIETLY.TRACI BIT HER BOTTOM LIP.
         
         “SHE’LL FIGHT IT... .1 HOPE.”