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For the next twenty minutes, the crowd moved closer to the tent but did not get far before the force-field prevented further progress. Boys that were arguing over which virtual comic book was better, grew silent as the time elapsed Finally, the pale man summoned the parents of Cheese-It and met them outside the tent. The pale man whispered in the father's ear; after which, the parents were led to the back of the tent. Jonathan, being taller than the rest of the boys, could see Cheese-It's lifeless body being given to his father. As the pale man shuffled forward, the crowd backed away in a subconscious effort to maintain the same distance. A quite still consumed them until the pale man called the next name. Jonathan did not need to hear the sounds leave the pale man's mouth to know that his name was chosen. As slowly as he could, without making it look like he was stalling, Jonathan moved forward toward the pale man. Cheese-It was among the best and the brightest in Jonathan's class. Named by his parents after the snack food they were both eating when the first met in a chant room, Cheese-It was writing code on a computer before he could write his name with a pen. It was common knowledge among his classmates, that Cheese-It was using his dictation software to send love notes to a girl, at another school, named Mountain Dew. Most boys held to the old belief that until they grew older, girls had something called "cooties," although nobody could explain what these cooties were or why they were undesirable. Because of how he had gotten his name and how she had gotten her name were so similar, Cheese-It explained that their falling in love was simply fulfillment of destiny. Now Cheese-It was dead, and Jonathan feared that he was next. That final thought had just crept into his mind when his legs carried him to the pale man. Jonathan looked up at the man as he spoke into Jonathan's ear. "Are you ready for the test?" Jonathan merely nodded before the man led him into the tent by his elbow. The first thing Jonathan thought about when he entered the tent was that the exchange between him and the pale man was certainly not something worthy of the secrecy. The second thing Jonathan noticed was the naked woman sitting in the Lotus position at the far end of the tent. He had seen what naked women look like on one of his friend's computers, but this was the first time he had seen one in the flesh. Jonathan's staring must have been obvious, because the pale man strode between the boy and the woman before he spoke. "I'm sure you have heard about what happens on Maturation Day." Although Jonathan had not heard much, ho nodded his head up and down. "Well, forget what you've heard. The simple truth is this: we want you to become a man today. We certainly don't want what happened to Cheese-It, to happen to you." "That's comforting," though Jonathan. Page 2 TO BE CONTINUED... <<Page Back Page Forward>> . Home l Stories l Comics l Games l Links l Activities l Entertainment Bargains l Perfect Gifts l Cool Stuff .