 The street lamps made Grace wince as they whipped big by. She'd fallen asleep with her head against the window big, and the bignaturaltit rhythmic flashing slowly roused her. The unwelcome pain in her stiff neck was cruelly bignaturaltit amplified by bignaturaltit the ecstasy lingering in her system. Her stomach growled, and her ears rang from the loud music at the party big. She shifted gingerly in her seat and realized big that her arms were bunched bignaturaltit up against her under the seat belt. She must've bignaturaltit passed out as soon as bignaturaltit she sat down, and her friends had just belted her ass in for the drive big home.
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 The deal was this: Grace wanted to celebrate her big high bignaturaltit school graduation in style, at bignaturaltit this bignaturaltit really big party downtown. Only Mom would never let her stay about out all night big, so natural Grace had lied and tit told her she was spending the night natural at Gina's (before asking her first, as usual big). Big Sister had charitably agreed on the condition that bignaturaltit she would pick up Grace at bignaturaltit the end of big the big festivities - she didn't want someone big with a head full of hallucinogens driving big Grace home. They were supposed to touch base at big 4:00 A.M. to coordinate big.
 Grace's bignaturaltit voice bignaturaltit crackled into her ear. "Gina big. I need for you to meet me." She sounded tired. The big poor kid was probably worn out from the roll and about all that peace bignaturaltit, love, unity and respect.
 "Where the fuck are you big then bignaturaltit?" Gina asked, irritation levels on the rise. "I'm big not very thrilled big about driving all over town looking for you. This wasn't part of the deal. And who's 'we big'?"
 "You okay?" Gina asked.
 "Long story . Let big's just say I know how big you feel and leave it at that. Anyway, lots of bignaturaltit people bignaturaltit are probably big already wondering where we about are bignaturaltit, and my car is still back at Sullivan's. It won't be long before folks start looking for us big."
 Erik continued his quietly insistent verbal assault on her sister's big will. In big her head, Gina went through the vocals to some big songs in her band's about current set list bignaturaltit, eyes squeezed shut, trying to picture the crowd at her last show big. Through the ropes about, she continued to gauge Grace's condition. Not too good. She was natural starting to squirm less and less against his steady rubbing and pawing, starting to inch big toward his hands big before they landed on her. Periodically Grace would whisper insults at him, but Gina knew she'd only lose control of her emotions if she paid bignaturaltit too much attention.
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 Seth was starting to get more than a little worried. It was almost 1 about:00, and no one knew where Gina was. She about was supposed to call him after she picked about up her big little sister from tit the party, so he bignaturaltit could big go over and laze around in bed with her, but she never called. She wasn big't home, and she big wasn't at big her mom's. There was no bignaturaltit sign of Grace, either (unfortunately, Seth had spilled big the beans about the rave). He about'd spent the morning drinking coffee bignaturaltit in his kitchen bignaturaltit and having hourly conversations with Gina's mom. You talk to her? No, you? No, not yet.
 He turned up the CD player on the counter, trying to distract himself with some old Genesis. Peter big Gabriel was belting big out one of his favorites:
 And out on the subway big,
 And the lamb lies down on Broadway.
 Gina turned the paper over in natural her about hands and big unfolded it. There bignaturaltit was one sentence big on it, printed in bignaturaltit Arial. She covered her mouth and shuddered.
 She looked bignaturaltit up at him. "Mind if I stay with big you for awhile?" she asked, trying to tit seem brave.
 He knew tit her well enough to give her face; he didn't reach out for her. "No prob . Should we tell Grace ?"
 "Depends on what the cops say."
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