Chapter 1037

Sidetracked

Savannah observed Young Allison appear to sneak out of John's room. There was only one logical conclusion as to what must have occurred. She wasn't happy about what happened. It was what it was. She took Young Allison to her room. There were a million thoughts running through her mind. She thought taking care of Young Allison is what must come first. It was a big step in her life. She was upset with herself for not taking that big step first.

She'd been a little older when she was with Young Jesse than Young Allison was now. She knew of the discomfort and soreness that happened at first. It was soon lost in the excitement but returned later on once things were finished.

Savannah gave Young Allison another close hug. It was time to move on. Life moved forward not backward.

"Did it hurt?" Savannah asked. "Are you sore?"

Young Allison tilted her head slightly.

"Sore?" Young Allison asked.

Savannah knew what it was like to get 'popped'. Young Jesse and her 'busted' each other. It was something the girls from the future told her to make sure happen before Judgment Day, even if she needed to do it herself. Two children later made sure of that.

"You know." Savannah said. "Down there."

Young Allison wondered what Savannah was talking about. She'd only done something very simple. People did it all the time.

"No." Young Allison said.

Savannah was aware Young Allison was quite athletic. That may have taken care of one of the 'issues' already. Maybe John went slow like she always asked him when they'd almost done it. She was worried about some of the other implications and repercussions that were bound to follow.

"Your mother is going to kill me when she finds out about this." Savannah said.

Young Allison wondered what she'd done now. Maybe CamNet released the footage from the bunker before she put Ally's chip in. She just wanted to have some fun. She didn't hurt anything.

"Did Ally say something?" Young Allison asked.

Ally must be a bigger problem than Savannah thought. This would require further investigation.

"What?" Savannah asked. "Was she there too?"

Young Allison thought she better come clean and own up to what she'd done. It seems like it was a bigger issue than it should have been. What did it matter with what she'd done?

"I know I shouldn't have touched her." Young Allison said.

Savannah couldn't quite wrap her hands around it.

"What about Ally?" Savannah asked.

Young Allison touched Ally once in Anna's sheath and then again before she put her chip back in her chassis. Savannah was away so she 'copped a feel'. She wanted to compare where she was at currently with what she would be like in a few years. She'd touched one of her breasts and one of Ally's at the same time to see how different they were. They felt the same. Ally's was just bigger. It really wasn't that much larger anymore. That actually pleased her. She didn't think it was that big of a deal. She wanted to see what she would feel like when she was a little older.

"I touched her twice." Young Allison said. "I'm sorry."

Savannah didn't want to hear about Ally. She wanted to know how Young Allison felt after she'd 'finished' with John. She actually wondered if Young Allison did 'finish'. She'd read in Cosmo that usually didn't happen on a female's first experience with a male. Maybe she wouldn't be in a hurry to go back. Maybe she would.

"What about John?" Savannah asked.

Young Allison wondered if she'd confessed too soon. Why was Savannah hung up on John?

"John?" Young Allison asked.

Savannah could tell Young Allison didn't want to talk about it. That was understandable. She wanted to ease any 'discomfort' Young Allison might have. There had to be some. She wanted Young Allison to know she knew what happened.

"I saw you come out of his room with a guilty look on your face." Savannah said. "I know what you 'did'. I know that it usually hurts some and there is a lot of discomfort afterwards."

Young Allison was a little shocked. She thought back on what she'd done. When she was outside the door she did think about it. She knew all she needed to do was go through the door and head for John's bed. Everything else would happen naturally after that. Was that so wrong? Isn't that what the future held? Isn't that what everybody did? That was all to be as soon as she went through that door. She was very uncomfortable with the nature and tone as well as the implications of the current conversation.

"I didn't do anything." Young Allison said.

Savannah frowned a little. She knew what she saw. She just wanted the truth.

"It was inevitable." Savannah said. "I'm not going to admonish you but you don't need to lie about it, not to me anyway. I never want us to lie to each other."

Savannah gave Young Allison another hug and a kiss on the cheek.

Young Allison decided to tell Savannah the truth. She was a little self conscious about it all now. She didn't want to get blamed for something that she hadn't done. Well, that she hadn't done yet. It was going to happen.

"LOOK, here's what happened…." Young Allison said.

John Henry was currently in Sheila's room. He'd snuck in there to avoid being caught out in the hall and accused of spying on the girls in the lab. That's what he'd actually been doing. He didn't realize anyone was in the room when he'd entered.

Sheila was in the room and noticed the massive bulge in the front of his pants. She could see he was ready for some 'action'. So was she. She was worried Cameron was going to deactivate her because of what she'd done to Cammy. She figured if she was going out, she might as well go out with style. What was it going to matter when her chip was crushed into dust by Cameron?

She'd quickly removed her clothes and freed John Henry's male attribute from its cloth prison.

"Oh my, that's a big one." Sheila said.

Sheila was all over John Henry. She was about ready to make her move. She wanted to give it a try just to see what it was like. She was just about to climb on top of him when her door opened.

Both of their heads snapped around.

They were both relieved to see it wasn't Cameron.

Hanna stood there for a moment as she tried to comprehend what she saw right now with her own eyes. It wasn't what she'd expected. She wasn't at the Resistance base that often but it appeared more went on there than she knew about.

"I'm sorry." Hanna said. "I didn't know you were busy."

Hanna turned to leave.

John Henry hadn't actually done anything yet. He didn't want Hanna to get the wrong idea. He didn't want her to spread false rumors.

"Wait." John Henry said. "It's not what you think."

Hanna looked at the scene. Neither one of them had moved since she'd entered the room. Normally when two individuals were in the same situation as Sheila and John Henry were currently, some form of intercourse normally followed, if it hadn't just finished. As to which receptacle would be used or had been used was yet to be determined. All she could do is sum up what she'd witnessed.

"I see a naked female about to climb on top of your, well, LOOK at you." Hanna said. "There aren't a whole lot of choices at this point. I do have to say that's a big one."

John Henry knew he needed to take control of the events.

"It's not like that." John Henry said. "Events are getting out of hand."

Sheila was pretty sure John Henry would soon find out his hand left a little to be desired.

"I don't think you'll need to use your hand anymore." Sheila said. "Not after you try this. I think once you've experience this that it's going to change your perspective."

Hanna still needed to process everything that she'd witnessed and heard. Sheila indicated that John Henry pleasured himself.

"I didn't even know they did that." Hanna said. "Do all of the male Terminators do that?"

John Henry had actually only done it a few times. It was mainly to see what it was like. It happened sometimes after he viewed some of the activities where the girls' rooms were at. They often 'room hopped' without any clothing. He also looked at millions of images through his server of females on a regular basis. His favorites were the close ups and female activity with other females. He was actually amazed at how many females were willing to be photographed.

"I don't do that." John Henry said too quickly. "This is all a misunderstanding."

Sheila could see she didn't have long to act. She was at least going to see what it felt like.

"You won't misunderstand this." Sheila said. "I'm going to try it."

Sheila quickly tried to take what she wanted.

John Henry moved even more quickly and stood up.

He readjusted his pants. Hanna and Sheila both watched him and wondered how everything was going to fit back inside. It took him two tries to get everything situated. The bulge in the front of his pants was quite substantial.

He looked away from both of them.

"Excuse me, I need to leave." John Henry said. "I'm sorry I intruded. I don't know what I was thinking. This won't happen again."

Sheila could tell he was ready for more. Maybe she could entice him a little bit. The more that he saw the more he would want. She wanted him to want her.

"You can watch us." Sheila said. "That's if Hanna doesn't mind."

Hanna tilted her head slightly. She was used to people spying on her. It didn't seem like too much of a stretch to let them actually watch her, even if they weren't a participant. Maybe if they liked what they saw they would become a participant. She figured if Sheila was willing to give it a try, she might as well.

"Why not…." Hanna said as a statement.

John Henry tried to deflect the issue.

"But you're like my sister." John Henry said.

Hanna didn't think it was an issue. It was more of an excuse.

"I'm a machine." Hanna said. "I'm equipped with some wild and expanding programming."

John Henry wanted to see them but he didn't want to appear too eager to do so.

"I mean you 'look' like her." John Henry said.

Sheila saw it as a non-issue. They were all machines. She wanted to remind John Henry where some humans came from, things like that didn't seem to matter.

"You can just pretend you're a hillbilly." Sheila said. "Anything goes at that point. It doesn't matter if it's your mother, your sister or your daughter. Life's different up in the hills."

Hanna removed her clothing.

"I think you've seen Vanna naked plenty of times and Savannah too for that matter." Hanna said. "I checked my files, Vanna knows."

John Henry spied on all the girls from time to time. The more he watched, the more he wanted to see. He didn't want it to seem he was a 'Peeping Tom', even if that's what he was.

"It was for research…." John Henry said.

Hanna was naked now.

"Then it's study time." Hanna said. "Watch and learn."

John Henry stopped his departure.

"Feel free to join in." Sheila said. "I NEED someone to get started on me or I'm going solo. I need someone to ring my bell and I need it rung now."

Hanna pounced on Sheila.

John Henry earlier got up to leave the room. Now he stood at the door and watched. It was very stimulating to watch and hear. He told himself it was for 'educational purposes'. He knew it wasn't.

Hanna and Sheila made good study material.

He began to wonder if his pants would rip. It sure seemed like it. He wasn't sure things had ever been quite this large before. He was still there with the two females who were involved with each other. Maybe he could give both of them a try.

He wanted to leave the room but everything just got sidetracked.

Cameron tried to get CamNet to release the security footage. She started to get angry now. She needed to KNOW what happened and with whom.

"You made your point, CamNet." Cameron said.

Cammy and Cameron were both plugged in. They could see the footage now.

"I have the security feed." Cammy said.

Cameron felt some remorse with what she saw. She knew she'd been a little less than ethical with some of the females. They'd all been heavily 'conditioned' to be with John as well as with each other.

"There's Claire…." Cameron said. "I forced her to 'act'."

Cammy watched Claire hesitate at the door to John's quarters. She was a little surprised at what appeared shortly thereafter.

"I don't think anything happened." Cammy said. "Look, there's…. Wait. That looks like you…."

Cameron watched who approached Claire. She was more than a little surprised.

"What the Hell?" Cameron asked.

Cameron thought it did look like her. She knew where she was currently at. She briefly wondered if there was an impostor. Maybe it was a Liquid Metal Terminator. Wait. She was getting way ahead of herself. Maybe CamNet was here. That would be even worse. No wonder CamNet was jacking her around with the security feeds. If CamNet did anything with Young Allison, she decided she was going to deactivate CamNet.

Cammy didn't think that it was Cam or Camille. She didn't even consider CamNet as a candidate. That left only one other individual. She was actually impressed she looked that good.

"It has to be Ally." Cammy said. "She looks Tight."

Cameron sure hoped it was Ally. If it was, someone else is the one who fixed her up.

"Anna must have done that." Cameron said. "Ally could never look that Tight on her own, ever."

Cammy wondered where they were headed but quickly came up with a destination.

"They've gone to check on Young Allison." Cammy said.

It was clear Ally intercepted Claire before she'd entered John's room. It was something she wanted to happen but she was relieved that it hadn't, at least not yet anyway. What if Ally and Claire returned there? There was nothing to stop them.

There was a blank spot and the feed resumed.

It showed Young Allison stalking Ally and Claire.

"Look, Young Allison is following them." Cammy said.

Cammy wasn't sure why Young Allison would do that. It was obvious what her mother and Ally were going to do. She wondered if Young Allison was going to observe them.

They both saw Young Allison stop at John's room. She looked around and headed for the door. As she reached for the handle, the feed went blank again.

"Oh, no…." Cameron said.

Cameron was sure John would choose Young Allison over her, especially now. She'd seen John watch the movie 'Pretty Baby' way too many times.

"We need to stop them." Cameron said.

It was what Cameron wanted but the timing was off. Savannah was supposed to be with each one of them first. Savannah was to be the anchor for the four of them. Everything would be different if Young Allison was with John first.

Cameron hurriedly got up. She needed to hurry to her room and prevent John from being with Young Allison. It just couldn't be now. The timing needed to be right.

Cammy was a little surprised when the feed started again.

"Wait, the feed is back on." Cammy said. "There's time missing. What we have seen up to this point happened earlier. This is the live feed now."

There was a view of Young Allison closing the door to John's room and walking away from it.

Cameron plopped back down hard in the chair. The missing time interval indicated what happened inside of John's room. She knew that CamNet did that on purpose so she couldn't intervene. CamNet wanted her to know what happened already. She knew that John was going to choose Young Allison over her. Who wouldn't? Her youthful appearance was very enticing to John. There was also one other major thing that mattered. Young Allison was real.

"We're too late." Cameron said. "I've been 'replaced'."

Cammy was a little surprised to see Savannah come into view. She could tell by the look on her face that she was angry. Savannah didn't get angry often, at least not where someone could see on her face. Her anger was clearly on her face right now.

"Savannah looks like she's going to confront her." Cammy said. "Wait, Savannah looks angry. I think she's going to strike her."

Cameron knew Savannah better than anyone.

"Savannah would never hurt Young Allison." Cameron said. "She would never do that to her. She loves her."

They watched Savannah give Young Allison a hug and lead her away.

As Savannah led Young Allison away, they saw Savannah look back at John's room and wipe a single tear away.

Cameron never expected for Young Allison to do this, at least not until she'd returned from the past. She knew this was about to land back on her doorstep. Maybe Savannah wouldn't strike Young Allison but she was more than likely going to strike her. She actually had before a few times. It was when she'd felt sorry for herself. Savannah needed to slap her a few times to make her refocus on her options.

"Savannah is going to terminate me for this." Cameron said.

Cammy thought that was plausible. She was sure once the 'mama bear' found out something happened to the 'baby bear' that she was going to be very angry as well.

"I bet Claire will help her." Cammy said.

Cameron needed to hide this or run, maybe she needed to do both. She looked at Cammy in total desperation.

"I need to cover this up." Cameron said. "You need to help me."

Cammy didn't see how that was possible at this point. Once the genie was out of the bottle, there was no way to put it back in again. There were too many variables at this point.

"How do we do that?" Cammy asked. "What if she ends up pregnant?"

Cameron tilted her head slightly. That was an interesting possibility. It still seemed the best choice was to run. She quickly formulated a plan.

"Let's take her and leave." Cameron said. "We'll take Savannah too. It will be the four of us with you instead of John."

Cammy wondered if Cameron could listen to herself. Everything she'd just proposed was preposterous. What would it accomplish in the long run?

"Where are we going to leave too? Are you suggesting we kidnap her?" Cammy asked. "You're going to make it worse. It's going to come out. It is what it is."

Savannah always told Cameron to be wary of what she wished for. Maybe she hadn't understood it at the time she was told that, it was perfectly clear now.

"This is all my fault." Cameron said.

Cammy thought they could get help from another source. She wanted CamNet to help them. It appeared Cameron was in contact with CamNet now.

"We can go back in time and fix it." Cammy said. "What's CamNet doing?"

Cameron's hand started to glitch wildly.

"CamNet asked me if I could do it over again, what would I do." Cameron said.

Cammy wondered how that helped any. It was already done. If they were going back in time to fix something, then that's what they would have seen. Whatever actually happened is what they already saw. She was aware Terminators were creatures of habit. She knew how Cameron thought and operated. She strongly doubted little would change.

"What would you do?" Cammy asked. "I think you would do the same thing."

Cameron felt guilt and remorse. She'd never experienced those feelings this strong before. It seemed that her biggest worry was what Savannah was going to think of her. She didn't want to lose Savannah's love. She didn't care if every female in the Resistance was with John as long as she didn't lose Savannah's love. It was real love. It was true love. It was pure love. It was the kind of love that she wanted.

"I would NOT have let this happen, not until we get back from the past." Cameron said. "Savannah is going to HATE me."

The files started to play again.

"CamNet is replaying the files. They're in real time now." Cammy said. "We'll be able to see everything as it actually happened. We'll know how long they were together."

Cameron knew that it didn't take John long to knock one off. She was aware that CamNet saw she was devastated by everything. Now CamNet was back to gloat at her.

"CamNet wants to rub my face in it." Cameron said. "She wants to take a victory lap at my expense. I can still see the smirk on John's face when he went up the stairs. This is the same thing."

Cammy knew that was what John did to Cameron when he was first with Riley.

"I'm not so sure about that, look." Cammy said.

John Henry lost track of the time as he watched Sheila and Hanna. It was wild and beautiful. He thought about joining them. They were both smoking HOT. He wondered if it turned into a 'three way' how it would be. He noticed that Hanna was very beautiful 'down there'. He'd looked at millions of close up pictures online of females. He'd never seen anything as beautiful as what Hanna possessed. It looked like a pink macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera.

He wanted to be with both of them right now. He was pretty sure that Sheila would make sure that he was with her first, even if she had to mount him. She'd been prepared to do that earlier anyway. He was just about to take his pants off. The threat of being deactivated didn't matter anymore. He wanted to be with the girls. If he was deactivated, he was deactivated.

The door to Sheila's room opened.

Ally and Claire walked into the room.

"It looks like a full house." Ally said.

Claire looked at John Henry touching himself. She wasn't exactly sure what was going on. She did like what she saw though with Sheila and Hanna.

"Maybe we should go." Claire said. "I don't want to intrude."

John Henry realized what he was doing. He made a beeline for the door. He could see the things just went from bad to worse. The longer he stayed, the worse it was going to be to get on top of it.

"I was only here for a few seconds." John Henry said and hurried out of the room.

The door closed behind him.

Claire looked back at the closed door. She wasn't exactly sure what was going on.

"Do any of the males…?" Claire asked.

That was a good question. Ally decided she would look into it. Even though they all thought they knew what everyone did and with whom, there were probably things that happened that no one knew about. She was aware that Sheila did a lot of things with her that she didn't want advertised that they were done.

"I didn't think so." Ally said. "Maybe…."

Claire wondered about that. None of the males that she was with were ever able to get her where she wanted to go. She needed to 'finish' herself. She knew Terminators didn't slow or tire, maybe this would be something to look into. She'd considered this before. A male Terminator would be able to keep going until she actually made it. He wouldn't be done in two or three minutes and roll away from her. Maybe it was time to act.

Sheila lifted her head.

"Tag yourself in, love." Sheila said. "JAFO is gone."

Claire looked around. She wondered what that meant.

"What or who is JAFO?" Claire asked.

Ally saw the look on John Henry's face when they'd entered the room. She thought of a new meaning for the acronym.

"It means something else but in this case I think it is safe to say JAFO means, Just Another Frustrated Observer." Ally said.

Claire didn't plan to be an observer here.

"Oh." Claire said. "Let's join the party."

Sheila lifted her head again when she got a good look at Ally.

"You look really Tight, Ally." Sheila said. "You're stunning."

Ally saw how the three of them looked at her. She figured she was in for a good time.

"Thanks." Ally said. "Let's party."

Claire, Hanna and Sheila all wanted to concentrate on Ally. It would be like 'Cameron' was with them.

Ally figured she was in for the best time ever.

John awoke with a startle.

He was sweating profusely.

He thought he'd heard the door close.

John flipped on the light.

He was sure that he'd been with someone. Nobody was there.

He was still on top of the bed. The other side wasn't messed up or disturbed. The pillow was still puffed.

Was that a dream?

John felt his heart racing.

Was he having a heart attack?

John got up and looked around. He was alone.

He was sure he was with someone.

John sat on the edge of the bed and laughed.

"Man, that was wild." John said.

John quickly pinched himself.

He felt the sharp pain. The pain was very reassuring.

John laughed again.

Maybe he should go check on Cameron and Cammy. He figured everyone else would be asleep by now.

John stubbed his toe on the nightstand. The pain was intense. He was awake for sure.

He laughed one more time.

Young Allison looked Savannah square in the face. She didn't know what was going on. She hadn't done anything wrong and she hadn't lied to Savannah. She wanted her to know the truth.

"Savannah, I haven't lied to you." Young Allison said.

Savannah knew what she saw. She'd witnessed Young Allison sneak out of John's room. Young Allison would be in John's room for only one reason. It was to get 'popped'.

"But, I saw you…." Savannah said. "I saw you close the door of the room when you came out of."

Young Allison wanted to defend herself. She wished one of the Metal girls was there right now to scan her to prove to Savannah she wasn't lying to her. She didn't like when they scanned her but she really wanted one of them to scan her now.

"I closed the door to John's room because it was open a few inches and he was snoring." Young Allison said. "That's all I did. I was never in the room. I only closed the door."

It slowly began to sink in to Savannah that she'd jumped to conclusions.

"You mean you 'didn't'…." Savanna said.

Young Allison stood her ground.

"I closed the door." Young Allison said. "That is all I did. I swear it, Savannah."

Savannah's eyes teared up. She hugged Young Allison close and tight for a long while. She felt guilty about what she'd done and the way she'd treated Young Allison. It was very rude. She felt very relieved. It felt like there were a ton of bricks on her chest until a few seconds ago.

"I'm sorry, Allison." Savannah said. "I apologize."

Young Allison could see where Savannah was going with her earlier 'accusation'.

"What did you think I did?" Young Allison asked.

Savannah felt ashamed of herself. She felt very ashamed of herself and at the incorrect conclusion that she'd reached.

"NOTHING…." Savannah said too quickly. "I was confused."

Young Allison giggled. She knew exactly what Savannah thought happened.

"You thought I made lo…." Young Allison said.

Savannah didn't even want Young Allison to say it.

"NO!" Savannah interrupted her.

Young Allison felt the sword of truth was double edged.

"What happened to the not lying part?" Young Allison asked. "You know what you really thought. All you need to do is admit it."

Savannah nodded. Now it was her that told the lie.

"I apologize again." Savannah said. "I did think THAT."

Young Allison wondered what all went on around the Resistance base.

"What has Cameron done to all of you?" Young Allison asked.

Savannah let out a long breath.

"A lot…." Savannah said.

Young Allison was afraid that was what she was going to dream about now if she went to bed.

"Let's go check on Cameron and Cammy." Young Allison said. "I'm not too sleepy after all that drama."

Savannah felt very relieved.

"I feel very embarrassed that I even thought that." Savannah said. "I'm really sorry."

Young Allison looked Savannah straight in the face again and spoke honestly.

"It will happen one day, just not this day, Savannah." Young Allison said. "A lot will happen. We will all be together in the future. It will be beautiful."

Savannah still felt ashamed.

"I think my mind is a sewer." Savannah said. "Let's go."

Young Allison hugged Savannah now.

"I don't think so." Young Allison said. "It's as beautiful as you are."

Savannah smiled at Young Allison.

They exited into the hall and headed for the lab. They both started in different directions.

"Where are you going?" Savannah asked.

Young Allison smiled.

"I want to go this way." Young Allison said.

Young Allison wanted to pass by the girl's rooms.

Savannah figured she would let Young Allison get a cheap thrill. She owed her one after that accusation she'd made to Young Allison.

"I understand." Savannah said.

As they approached the rooms for the girls, Savannah knew why. There was the sound of a lot of activity.

"I want to see what's happening." Young Allison said.

Savannah was curious as well but she knew everyone needed some alone time.

"Everyone deserves privacy." Savannah said. "What were you going to tell me about Ally earlier?"

Young Allison was worried about her earlier near confession of what she'd done to Ally before she was reactivated. Savannah's previous statement seemed like a pretty good idea.

"Nothing…." Young Allison said. "Everyone deserves privacy."

Young Allison hurried past Sheila's room and all the sounds coming from it. She knew her mother was in there.

"Remember that." Savannah said.

Young Allison took another quick look towards Sheila's room. She knew she would be in those rooms one day as well. She intended do everything and be with everyone that Savannah had been with.

"I will." Young Allison said.

'It's nothing new anyway.' Young Allison thought.

She'd seen it all before. Now she'd experienced some of it. She wanted her trip to the past more than ever now.

John Henry returned to the Command Center. He was a little surprised to find Anna was there and plugged in to his server.

"Hello." John Henry said.

Anna knew that he'd been on his way there. She decided it was time to go.

"Hello." Anna said.

Anna unplugged from the server.

John Henry was unsure how long she'd been there and what all she may have witnessed.

He thought about how to explain everything. Luckily he didn't have to.

"The system just came back on when you arrived." Anna said. "CamNet blocked things from me. I wanted to see what was happening. I wanted to make sure operations were OK."

John Henry was aware that he'd been out of touch for a while.

"What was happening?" John Henry asked.

Anna hadn't detected any Skynet activity. She thought that was a good thing.

"Not much on the outside. In here, I have no idea." Anna said.

Anna spied Savannah and Young Allison headed for the lab on one of the monitors.

"Cammy and Cameron are still in the lab, maybe I'll check on them as well." Anna said.

John Henry remembered that's where he'd been headed. He never made it past the little window in the door to the lab. He hoped that wasn't something Anna witnessed or the events that followed. She didn't indicate that it was.

"Thanks for watching the fort." John Henry said.

Anna thought it was very unusual he was gone in the first place.

"Where were you anyway?" Anna asked.

John Henry figured a half truth would have to do in this case. He wasn't about to admit to everything that happened.

"I went to check on Cammy and was sidetracked." John Henry said.

Anna wondered what sidetracked him but didn't ask. She headed toward the lab. She wanted to watch over Young Allison.

John hurried out of his room and almost bumped into Anna.

"I'm sorry, Savannah." John said.

Anna indicated her frontal sheath.

"Take a good look." Anna said.

John looked. There was a little less there. He quickly realized who it was. He took a second look. He really liked what he saw.

"I mean, Anna. Now I'm really sorry." John said.

Anna noticed the way that John did a double take of her breasts.

"I'm going to check on Cameron and Cammy." Anna said.

John couldn't help but steal another look at Anna. It appeared they were going to the same destination.

"That's where I was headed." John said.

Anna thought John looked a little flustered.

"Do you feel alright?" Anna asked.

Anna reached over to scan him.

John dodged her hand.

"I'm fine." John said.

They continued along toward the lab.

John started to think about the movie 'Pretty Baby' again after he checked Anna out.

Anna was sure John stole a few extra glances at her. She wasn't sure if it disturbed her or pleased her. She could see that someone besides Young Allison liked the way that she currently looked. She wondered if she should have worn a looser fitting top.

Sidetracked

The path forward
May not be straight ahead
When one takes a wrong turn
They could end up dead

Every road is different
Some can turn quite bumpy
They can make one nervous
Leave them jumpy and grumpy

One still forges along
They're sure it's the right path
They try to do the math
To avoid anyone's wrath

There are always others
Who don't mind to intrude
They're a little less than couth
They can be quite rude

Life has many curves
No one wants to be attacked
No matter the resolve and will
It's easy to be sidetracked

Nobody