“You want it too,” he said. “When are you done for the day?” Clare hadn’t had a single coherent thought since he had touched her. She was l...st in the sensations of his hands on her back, and in the memories of Friday night. She reached up and took him by the back of the neck, drawing his face down to hers. She took his mouth in a kiss that she had been waiting four days for. He hauled her up against him fully and locked his arms around her hips. She wrapped her legs around his waist and held. “Oh, he does,” Jessica laughed. “VERY interesting. Hang around long enough and you’ll hear all kinds of interesting stories.”“Kara, I thought you said you met Steve in chemistry class,” Michelle said.“I did,” Kara smiled. “I knew OF him, but didn’t know him. By the time I actually met him, he had a serious reputation!”“Courtesy of Jennifer and Melanie,” Bethany laughed. “I did know Birgit, but she was never a close friend. I spoke to her a few times. Steve’s friend Larry was her closest. While I was with the nurse I was poked and prodded, my temperature was taken, and although I had driven to school that day and insisted I could get home fine on my own, my mother was called at the County First Bank, where she is a teller. Having received Mom's permission for me to drive myself home, the nurse finally declared me sick enough to be dismissed. I nearly threw up on her desk in thanks.I arrived back at my parents house only to find that there was no room for me in the driveway.. I told him that would be fine with me.Connie brought our salads to the table and we ate them and then waited for our main course. It took a bit longer because the girls had ordered pizza, but we didn't mind the wait.When the food came, Linda got to show Megan how to eat her pizza while Karl and I just attacked our steak sandwiches. All of the food disappeared from the table and I asked the girls if they wanted dessert. They did, of course, and they ordered a dish of ice cream with chocolate and.