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Tori is an absolutely stunning 18 year old young woman. I’ve watched her grow up and mature as my next door neighbor. She is nicely tanned with short black hair and piercing, almond shaped eyes. She puts me somewhat in mind of a Caucasian Halle Berry . I’ve always been taken with her natural beauty but now she is just plain gorgeous.
She’s not a big girl…..about 5’3” tall with a body that would make any man’s blood boil. Tori is totally fit. She stays in shape by playing field hockey for the local high school. One rather mild day this past summer, I was changing the filter in my jacuzzi tub on the patio and Tori was playing ball with her dachshund, Frankie (his AKA name is “Frankfurter”). I could see her very clearly, only about twenty feet away from where I was working.
The rest of the gang was near the steps of the school just talking, like Andre Harris, beck Oliver, and cat valentine. Tori just had the second to hear what there was talking about. "Hey, tori!" Greeted Andre. "Hey...uhm, what are you guys talking about!?" She asked, sitting beside Andre, i guess who she was the closest too in the group, they usually love to make beautiful music together. "Oh, tori, you wouldn't believe this!" Said jade. "I lost my virginity last night" she said. Tori,...
Follow me on instagram - www.instagram.com/mrraqm/Genre- Fiction, Blackmail, Blowjob, Cum Swallowing, i****t, Mind Control, Oral Sex, Teen Male/Teen Female, VoyeurismIntroduction:Tori, a 16-year old slutty girl, gets tricked into sexual activitiesTori Anderson was what people call a hot girl. She wasn’t by definition the prettiest girl around, but sure had that thing. Blonde hair, green eyes, a fit body with 37B boobs and 16 years old.The problem with Tori was that she knew it herself. She had...
Excuse me for my English, it's not my main language. Please comment, if you like it i'll post part 2 which contains more blackmail and humiliation and rape. Part 3 is mainly about blackmail and incest. I hope you enjoy the story! Tori Anderson was what people call a hot girl. She wasn’t by definition the prettiest girl around, but sure had that thing. Blonde hair, green eyes, a fit body with 37B boobs and 16 years old. The problem with Tori was that she knew it herself. She...
Tori stepped off the plane in the lobby of the Texas airport and drew in a deep breath. She was here to meet Jack, a guy she had been talking to online for the past two months. Tori had exchanged pictures with Jack and was nervous with built up anticipation at finally meeting him in person. They had discussed the first time they actually met in person and the possibilities of taking their relationship to a more intimate level. They had become very close in the two months they had been talking...
Group SexIt had been several weeks since I fucked my cute 18 year old neighbor, Tori, in my jacuzzi tub. This particular afternoon, I was on the patio relaxing in the tub with my eyes closed while mentally reliving the wonderful experience of burying my hard cock deep into that tight teenage cunt when I heard “Hi, Mr. Mac!”. Startled, I sat up straight and turned my head to see little Tori standing there along with a tall, cute blonde who was smiling shyly and cupping her hands. Tori said “Mr....
First TimeMy ex-wife is a total train wreck waiting for a place to happen. Tori was a week away from turning seventeen when I met her and I was nearly six years older. She was a perfect natural beauty. We dated for a nearly a year before I asked her to marry me. Sadly, our marriage lasted only four years but rewarded us with two great children. It turned out that she was not as ready to settle down and I was. The funniest thing about our relationship was that even after the divorce, we would still have...
ReluctanceTori James a 32yrs mother of two plus her hubbies 17yrs daughter Sammy. Sitting at home watching her soap stories when Sammy runs in the door out of breath and crying her clothes loose and torn. Tori jumps up to see what is wrong when the door flies open and three girls about 18-19yrs are there. Walking in like they own the place they grab Sammy who screams loud. Tori tries to gain some sort of order saying WHO THE HELL ARE YOU AND WHAT DO YOU WANT WITH MY DAUGHTER? The oldest of the three...
Tori Samson a mother of two daughters one 18yrs. perfect in every way the other 16yrs. two months from 17 tomboyish and leggy a husband that was a great provider but always on the road. A few months ago Tori was at the beach and had to use the restroom she hated to do so it always seemed dirty to her but she couldn't wait so she entered a stall and sat down as she was about to wipe she heard a girl crying and two others telling her to shut up scared she raised her feet so one could see her and...
Last Entry: Bobbi Sue?s Diary, May 2003 I'm a dud diarist. I've only made nine entries in mine since May 2000. And when I reread what I wrote, I realize that I'm too thick-headed to keep a diary. I mean: I must be the most na?ve girl living in North Texas. It's embarrassing to look at the entries. I should have cottoned on to Jack's big secret long before I did. First Entry: Bobbi Sue?s Diary, May 2000 Jack is my best guy friend, so I wish knew more about him. But he's k...
Tori rose from her 17yrs. daughters cunt juice covering her face a look of pure lusting joy on her face looking at her daughter Kim who was in complete shock having been caught finger fucking herself was bad but, having your mother no only see you but bring you to a mind bending orgasm too was more then she could handle. Tori was happy scared overjoyed all at the same time she knew her Kim had questions so she told her to get dressed and come to the living room she put her dress back on and...
Tori has learned her role well and loved being her daughters sex slut, it was a Friday and the two were at a street side coffee shop her daughter now 18yrs and out of school for the summer thought now it was time to up the stakes. Handing Tori her phone she said call daddy Tori dials and hubby answers "Hello Tori says hey babe and her daughter grabs the phone daddy we are going away for the weekend see you Sunday night got to go bye." and hangs up. Tori ask where are we going? Mom you will...
Went to LA and got a Storage Unit that costed me 500.00 for Some Beverly Hills 90210 {TORI SPELLING UNIT}Ok first off I'm not sure where to start. This locker has some much nasty fun stuff in it about Tori.I have a VHS Movie tape of Tori & Jennie Garth & Shannon Dorthy{sp} all drinking and talking about sex.I cant find a way to post the VHS tape to the internet or I would. I will how ever Type out some of the questions & answer that they talk about on the VHS sex tape.1. TORI ASK...
Hi, my cutie pies. How’s the day? This is a continuation of my story. Please read the previous parts to enjoy the story. But before I continue my story, I would like to thank the ISS team for publishing my story. I got to make many friends who read my story and send their valuable feedback. Some became very close friends of mine. Thank you very much for being my buddies. Here I continue. The next day I was fidgety. It’s been a long wait since I proposed her. And after yesterday’s incident, my...
My phone rang. It was Tori, “You wanna run some errands with me then go to your apartment and watch the new Justice League movie?”. “I’d love to. What errands?”’ “Costco, Post Office, that sort of stuff.” I met her at her place and we headed out to do her errands. She was dressed very sexy, she loves to tease me; she was wearing a tiny skirt and a Supergirl tank top with no bra. I could clearly see her nipple rings through her shirt. My cock got a little heavier. We mailed some stuff at the...
Maggie's Secret's Secret This story is purely fiction. No corporations or names represent real people or companies in any way. I appreciate all story reviews to help me become a better writer or, from a purely selfish perspective, make me want to continue writing. If you like the story I've written numerous others that you might want to read. You can search for all my stories by using the 'author search' and typing in the author, 'Want2BaGirl'. I hope you enjoy. Part One -...
The Deep and Dark Secret. By Susan Brown It was on Paddington Station in the heart of London that their eyes met across the crowded platform. Susan's heart missed a beat when she saw him glance at his watch and then look up at her. He smiled handsomely; his gleaming white teeth brightened her day and most of the platform. She went wobbly at the knees. He was at least 6-foot tall, wide shouldered, about 29 years old, blond...
The Presidential Secret By Gigi Julianne Langworth is the first woman president of the United States. It all happened very suddenly. It was about two in the morning, local time and 30,000 feet over the Atlantic flying from Paris on Air Force Two when Langworth was awoken from her nap. "Madam Vice-President, uh, we have bad news," whispered the secret service agent, "We just confirmed that President Hunt is dead of heart attack." Julianne's eyes opened in shock. Jason Hunt was a...
A Shower with my Secret Desire I check my watch, I know I am late, bloody trains, then the traffic. I know you’re going to be getting ready, and I wanted to see your transformation with my own eyes. From tracksuit to queen, ready to walk confidently on my arm. I get to the door and I know where you keep your spare key, so I simply get it and open the door. Once inside I can hear the shower running and your music playing. “Bugger!” I think. With that I hear you walking around. “Oh I’m not to...
Part 4 I woke up the next morning and groaned deeply as I felt a pair of lips sliding down my morning erection. Even before I was fully awake I was thrusting my hips upwards to meet that willing mouth. “Isn’t your sister good at sucking cock, my little baby!” came the whisper in my ear. My eyes shot open and I would have been panic stricken except for the feeling of a pair of cheeks hollowing against the side of my cock. I looked at my mother lying beside me as her pointed nails took hold of...
IncestStory taken from SecretFriends.com forum!I'm relaxing in a luxurious motel room in Northern Florida, watching out the window every now and then and wondering what the hell I'm doing here. I realize what brought me south; a holiday trip to visit a relative in Georgia, but what made me stop here in this five-star motel on my way home? I recognize what I'm doing isn't right, but, this time, I’m just out of control. Or I must accept that I want to be out of control. And then again, my deviant mind...
Hopefully, most of you who have arrived at this story have already read “Fresh Fuckmeat in Thailand I and II”, so I won’t belabor the principles behind my Streams of Fuckmeat. I’ll just give a bit of an introduction here, and talk briefly about Thai women before diving in to Fuckmeat Stream Three. Work in international corporate and governmental consulting has placed me in the position to have fucked eight hundred three women, spread out over 46 countries worldwide. In five of those countries...
A Shower with my Secret Desire I check my watch, I know I am late, bloody trains, then the traffic. I know you’re going to be getting ready, and I wanted to see your transformation with my own eyes. From tracksuit to queen, ready to walk confidently on my arm. I get to the door and I know where you keep your spare key, so I simply get it and open the door. Once inside I can hear the shower running and your music playing. “Bugger!” I think. With that I hear you walking around. “Oh I’m not to...
Straight SexDo you have a secret stash? Of course, you fucking do! We all do! Whether you are talking about that ounce of reefer you have stuck behind your bookshelf or all those old VHS porno tapes you are hiding from your mother for some reason, we all have one! Or did have one, until we moved out of our parent’s basement like the big boys we are!Well, Secret Stash also has its own secret stack. So much that it named the premise Secret Stash! The platform has a fuck load of videos available for you to...
Free Porn Tube SitesIt was without doubt the most embarrassing moment of my life. There I stood in a back street with a brown paper bag between my feet and its contents, five dirty mags, spread out on the pavement in front of me. Not only that, but Mrs Hotter was standing there staring, hand over mouth.Mrs Hotter was her real name, by the way, which occasioned a great deal of sniggering among us boys-becoming-men, but that’s neither here nor there. Let me give you the background.It was the day after my 18th...
MILFSTREET STORIES:My Homeboy’s Girlfriend (The Secret)By WebbHe that has eyes to see and ears to hear may convince himself that no mortal can keep a secret. If his lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore. -Sigmond Freud The very best part of a secret lies in the telling. -Stephen Pinto I have contended for a long time that the best part of a secret is in the telling…yeah I’m Stephen Pinto, a.k.a. Big Webb. This story is an example of that....
This is a strange, short story that I wrote a long time ago, which is what it is – nothing will be added to it. It’s much more gentle than the usual fare that I come up with, and is dedicated to a lovely woman I used to know named Beth. Any comments, suggestions, feedback – postive, negative or otherwise – appreciated, to [email protected]~~~~!!!!!!!~~~~~I have a secret.? A little hidden treasure that I keep locked away.? Nobody knows about it yet, because if they did, I never know what...
ROBERTO'S SECRET by Spanky Dee Cody Daniels was only trying to help her country; she never dreamed things would come to this. She was patriotic and felt compelled to do whatever asked of her to aid in the capture of the terrorist known only as "Roberto." But lying in his bed, bound and gagged, Cody wondered why she let herself go this far in the Bureau's plan to nab the world's most wanted and hated man. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ It...
My phone was ringing again. It was Tori again. I had been ducking her calls since the night she made me lick her ass while I was riding a dildo in my living room with gay interracial porn on in the background. This was the third time she had called today. I decided I should answer, otherwise she would just come over anyway. “Hi Tori.”“Whatcha doin tonight?” She started right off with. “Nothing really. Just gonna watch tv, chill out.”“Ya wanna do something with me?” She sounded...
I close my eyes for a moment and thenreluctantly tear them open again. My desk is a mess and I start to tidy up my desk. I see the time and realize it is so late and by now I should have been home already. I leave my office and walk down the corridor and soon realize that I am completely alone. The quiet is so welcoming after a day of challenges. My iPod is a welcome companion and I put on my earphones and select shuffle. A soft slow song starts off, its just easy listening with almost no...
I'm copying this story from here: https://www.writing.com/main/interact/item_id/1884280-Girlfriends-Futanari-Secret because I prefer the interface of this site. Please feel free to copy entries from the story map, found here: https://www.writing.com/main/interact/item_id/1884280-Girlfriends-Futanari-Secret/action/outline. In the original story, underage sex was allowed, but since that is against the rules here on this site, please make the appropriate modifications to fit site rules. I tried to...
TranssexualSRU: Hank's Secret By Bashful ******************** Author's note: Many thanks, once again, to Janice Dreamer who improved this story immensely with her skillful editing and nit picking. I am deeply grateful Jan. ******************** Hank Wilson was the kind of son any parent would be proud of. He was the starting center for the Gus Grissom High School basketball team, the Astronauts. He had a solid 'B' average and he was popular with most of the kids in his senior class. ...
Victoria has her Secret (she used to be Victor), and so does Mindy. Many know what is really going on at Fictionmania, yet come back repeatedly. Thus, for the first time, a detailed expose by a victim; and a warning: "Don't do what I did!" (With "apologies" to Mindy, Jennifer Lorissa-Leigh, Jodi Anderson, Jackie, RH Music, Edith Bellamy, Ellie Dauber, and Pamela for any untruths and for mentioning their stories: acknowledgements are at the end of this story. I apologize to anyone I was...
I close my eyes for a moment and thenreluctantly tear them open again. My desk is a mess and I start to tidy up my desk. I see the time and realize it is so late and by now I should have been home already. I leave my office and walk down the corridor and soon realize that I am completely alone. The quiet is so welcoming after a day of challenges. My iPod is a welcome companion and I put on my earphones and select shuffle. A soft slow song starts off, its just easy listening with almost no...
VoyeurJanuary 2019Half an inch from clearing the history, the cursor skids to a halt when five forgotten downloads rivet her attention. What was an innocent routine of moving some trip photos between devices takes a disturbing twist as a seaside day's souvenirs are eclipsed by the radioactive, quintet wink of his name. Their viewer's carefully applied cosmetic calm dissolves as if the screen's icy flicker were a bank of thousand-watt floods, and she, the soloist whose voice had cracked on the...
CheatingAnother from me I hope you’ll enjoy. Again, as usual with this site, I wrote this in what was almost one continuous effort and, once more as per usual, because of time constraints, it’s largely unchecked and has received no edits. To that end, please forgive any typos and/or other errors in the text. I hope any fuck-ups which remain don’t detract from your enjoyment of the scene.Thanks for reading.Ricky – Cambridgeshire, UK – 12th of July 2020***“What is at about me?”I felt awkward, embarrassed...
I had only kept one secret from my boyfriend of 21 years. Or so I thought. We have a great relationship, even down to what we feel is our kinky side. And it is not so kinky from what I have been reading about others.I discovered chastity several months ago while at a pool party. My boyfriend, I should mention, travels alot for his job and is gone usually about 4 days out of each week. Anyway, while at this pool party, a good buddy of mine was in chastity and showed me his device. He was wearing...
Title: Her Dirty Little SecretRating: NC17Summary: After the Golden Globes Award Party Laura comes home to her only secret slave who nobody in the whole wide world knows about, not even her real life boyfriend.Feedback: always appreciated!Note: Just a fantasy. Not a real story. *sighs* I Wish!Mistress! You're home! Did you have fun?" the slave asked as he opened his arms wide to give her a hug, but his Mistress grabbed both filthy hands, making sure that they did not stain the expensive...
My Friends Secret It was a normal day in Brookfield High School. "Here we go, another boring week is starting" thought George. He was a 16 year old teenager not too different from other guys. He was a friendly boy, always optimistic and always ready to offer a hand to anyone who needs it. He had a best friend Michael, a boy who was in many ways like him, with the difference that while George was sociable and optimistic, he was much more timid and pessimistic. Like every other Monday...
I watched her dancing on the dance floor, I watched her watching me watch her, and I started walking toward her. She was moving sexily as she danced, so many people around us, but we never noticed any of them. "Secret" was the only one I paid any attenion to. When I got up to her, I pulled her close to me, looking down into her beautiful, sexy blue eyes. She was shorter than I am, she was only 5' 2" tall, but she was so beautiful and sexy, built like a dream, with a body made for loving...
I never considered myself to be a lesbian and I don’t think I would now… I . Just as much as I love pussy, so I’ll settle for bi. Tory had a perfect body to me. She was taller than me at about 5’8” to my 5’1” frame with curves in all the right places. She didn’t have big breasts but it was the perkiness of her a-cup tits that always attracted me to them. Her ass was lovely; when she walked it gave a little jiggle to make its presence know. Her face was heavenly with slit eyes and the sexiest...
LesbianHe takes her by the hand and leads her to the far corner, a place where shadows will screen them from the eyes of smokers who come outside to sit at wooden picnic tables. It will be a place of half-darkness. They will not be disturbed.She watches him glance back, checking no one has noticed them slip away. He is a married man, his wife an old friend of her Aunt Ruth. Her eyes follow his and she sees people coming and going, but nobody she knows. She is anonymous. The knowledge releases her from...
TeenTwenty-five years ago I was in the armed services. During that time I met and fell in love with a woman who was also in the service. We never married and had a wonderful couple of years doing all the things that married people accomplish in their bedrooms. Her name was Pam and we were officers and she was one rank lower than I was. Our relationship was well known in the Mess and everybody knew and treated us as a couple.We lived in barracks so we spent weekends mainly in hotels or motels,...
Incest[A little background for this, Sam was born with male genitalia, which is one of the reasons why she doesn't like the word panties, something she can't technically wear because of her 'extra' friend. The only four people who know about Sam having male genitalia are her doctor, her mom, her s*ster, and Carly. Carly found out because the two secretly dated for a while and lost their virginities to each other prior the finale of 'iCarly', and after Sam broke up with Freddie. When she was younger,...
(This is a sequel to “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain” which was posted on October 21) After experiencing the tragic death of my very first lover, David, and then being sodomized by the renegade cop, I swore off men. At least for the rest of the summer. It would be just me and my fingers and vibrator. So I thought. I met Victoria at the gym. Beautiful. Tall, jet black hair, and milky white skin. Early thirties. She showed me the family pictures. Handsome husband. Two children, a boy nine and a...
Bisexual"I'll fuck you so hard that you'll forget all about him..." Natalia has been lusting for her stepfather for the longest time. Suddenly, her stepfather is engaged to another women while his younger brother found out about Natalia's secret... What will happen to her secret relationship with her cousin when a bodyguard is hired to monitor her... “Ah Ah Ahh! ... Uncle please stop…we…ah…cannot do this…ahh” I panted between kisses as his tongue invaded my...
StraightVicky was fan of VS panties. She loved going into the store on her Saturday shopping trips. Usually she would save this until last, after buying a couple of short skirts to show off her long teenage legs, and some tight Capri pants to hug her perfect bottom, which would require a small thong so as not to show a VPL. Choosing carefully she took advantage of a 3 for 2 offer which meant a pretty pair, a thong and one pair for her personal secret pleasure.Actually they all pleased her. The pretty...
OccupationsI have two brothers, Bobby who is 15, and Chris who is 14. All three of us were like a spitting image of our dad, with the exception of Bobby having ear-length blond hair and my mother’s green eyes, and Chris having short, ginger hair inherited from Mom’s mother. And they are not nearly as badass and attractive as I am. Well, it was November, and those two little brats played a highly amusing prank on me at school. I acted like I was cool with it, but I really wasn’t. I resented the fact...
“So, um… Chad?”“Yes, Ashley?”“I’ve been thinking. You know I have a boyfriend, and you might be the only one that might listen to me. This is kind of a confession.”“What?”Now, let’s pause right here. A myriad of thoughts were running through my head at this point in time.Like:“Why me? Ashley doesn’t even talk to me much. What could the confession be?”I got the answer swiftly.“Chad… She told me you packing a little, huh?”I cursed to myself.“I should have known. As close as you two are... I...
AnalAs I sat in the lounge with Aunt stood in front of me in her underwear, and listening to her explain that everything would be fine and not to worry, I hadn’t realised that time had passed quickly as I looked at the clock on the fireplace shelf, crikey I blurted, its 12.30pm, if I don’t leave soon Mother will be wondering where I’ve got to,I think I should just get dressed and leave now I said.Oh nonsense “Brian” declared Aunt Sheila, and besides your trousers and ‘Y’ fronts are in the washing...
She was creating quite a stir. She always did. Amongst the endless sea of blonde, half-naked college lovelies gyrating tothe pounding hip-hop with her, she simply stood out. It wasn’t that she was tall, with full breasts and slim hips. It wasn’teven her long, wavy black hair, or the way her legs seemed to end somewhere in the vicinity of her throat. It was far lesstangible than that. Perhaps it was the way she danced; uninhibited, pornographic, alone. No matter how many bodieswere pressed...
Occasionally in passing you have seen a few different women go in and out my apartment. Today, you had to sign for a FedEx delivery for apartment A12; addressed to Allison. A few minutes ago, you saw a girl bounce up the stairs and enter the apartment, so being a good landlord, you thought you would just go up and drop off the package. You knocked on the door, I forgot to close it all the way, and it slowly creeks open on the first knock. You creep in holding the package asking if there is...
Liitle Secret. By Sweet Renu Dear readers I am not new to this site. Previously i have contributed to this site. After a long time I am gain here at the disposal of loving readers. I thank all very uch for the encouragement given by hem. Now with a new venture. I went to Vijayawada for my Anand annayya’s marriage. (peddamma koduku). He only took my virginity wheni was 17 years. I went 1 week before the marriage. That day my self anand’s own sister Jaya were alone at hme were as all the people...
"Yes, Ashley?" "I've been thinking. You know I have a boyfriend, and you might be the only one that might listen to me on this topic... since you look at it every day. This is kind of a confession." "What is it?" Now, let's pause right here. A myriad of thoughts were running through my head at this point in time. For example: "Why me? Ashley doesn't even talk to me much. What could the confession be?" I got the answer quickly. "Chad... Becky told me you packing a little,...
"Are you getting this?" Claire shouted from the top of the rickety abandoned platform. "Claire, trust me, I'm recording your every step." "OK, just keep it aimed at me, and don't stop, no matter what happens." "All right, all right, but be careful up there." "Geez, Zach, sometimes you sound just like my dad. Just do what I ask, OK?" Zach zoomed in on Claire as she stood on the dilapidated walkway. He was expecting her to drop something onto the sun-harded Texas soil below, but...
Copyright © 1997 and 2002, Phil Phantom Cindy saw that the door to my bedroom wasn't all the way closed, so the knock-before-entering rule did not apply. She opened the door and said, "Mom, I... MOM! I jumped to place my back to the wall and yanked-up the bathing suit I was stripping out of, crying, "Cindy! GET OUT!" Ignoring the order, my curious sixteen-year-old marched in, saying, "Mom, what was that?" With the suit clutched in place but not tied, I said, "That was none of your...
Thursday morning, right after dad left for work Mandy came into my room, she was crying, “what’s wrong? I asked.” “Dad came into my room again last night. I was horny, I was about to get up and go to your room so you could make love to me. At first, I thought it was you that came in, but I soon found out, by the smell of alcohol that it was Dad. I pretend to be asleep. He stood over me for a while before he pulled his Sweatpants down and off. He played with himself until he was hard. He...
Emily grew up with a rich family she was spoiled by both her parents, as she was spoiled by money, love and greed. She made very few friends cause of this as it was really hard for her to connect with someone outside off her family of corse. On the other hand her sister grew up to become popular, more popular then her as her sister had even challenged her at times. Emily became spoiled, as her sister become popular it was a rivalry between both of them. Emily however has a hidden secret that no...
(All characters are at least 18 years of age) Word count = 16K ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm not even sure where, to begin with, this story about my life. I guess I should start at the point things went from normal to just plain crazy! It began the night of my 18th birthday. Well, maybe crazy isn't the correct word to describe my family, but abnormal wouldn't be a stretch. It all started when I was a senior in high school. The school was about to get out for the summer, and...