” she answered.I grabbed the book and opened it at random in the back half, flipped acoupe of pages and read the section title aloud. Claudia began...to speak, reciting the first two paragraphs before I stopped her.“What the . . .?” she trailed off.“You now have this book memorized,” I told her. “this is how we all have so much free time.”“And you can do this for any class?” she asked.“Except for classes that are based on physical skills,” I said, “this wouldn't do for fencing, for. .." She said. "Here..." She said and put a little gauze soaked with alcohol on my wound. It really stung, but it was fine.Nurse left us alone while she was doing some paperwork with the headmaster, I think.I held it like that for about 5-6 minutes and Andy woke up."Aww... My head..." He managed to say.I came closer to him and said: " Hey buddy. Thanks for saving me." I smiled."Awh.. it's nothing." He replied still dizzy.Mike approached us."You know. I can't thank you two enough for saving me. “I answer the phone. The Director tells me that I have to swing by the office and pick up a check before flying out that night to meet with Titus in the morning. My wife, that dear sweet little woman I married, just hauls off and hits me.”He removed his sunglasses and pointed to his eye. He asked, “What do you think of that shiner?”The other man removed his sunglasses and pointed to his shiner. He said, “That’s almost as good as mine. Last night was our anniversary.”“I hate Titus as much as I. I grabbed a cup of punch andstarted to sip it. As I stared at the dozens and dozens of pre-teen kids,I felt really self conscious. I hugged myself and rubbed my legstogether. The stocking material created a small amount of static shockand I shot fully erect.A group of three girls walked over to us. One was dressed as Batgirl,another one was a female vampire, and the last one was a rabbit. I didn'tfeel as strange when I saw the last girl in her stuffed suit, whichdespite the cool temperature.