I just need to...to rest a sec”Jake saw how worn out Danny was and wondered why he was so out of breath, he can’t have ran that far, the bus stop ...as only around the corner, and he couldn’t possibly have ran all the way from his house because that’s miles away! He noticed Danny slump down, putting his hands on his knees and bending his back as he struggled to regain control of his lungs.“Come on lets go sit down, there’s a cafe around the corner, I think it’s still open” Jake said as he reached. That recurring flutter in my stomach added to the confusion I felt for some reason. I resigned myself to use the old Marine improvise and adapt strategy, and see what transpired. ‘What is good on here?’ She asked, again scanning the menu. ‘Just about everything on there is edible,’ I replied. ‘Not as good as a couple of restaurants here in Dallas, but good. Please, order what you like, I’ll buy.’ ‘Oh no, I couldn’t accept that. My stay here this weekend, including meals is free. I’m here for. Let's go to my office and determine what I can do to help you through this class with a decent grade." Thank you," she said and followed me out of the classroom and down the hall to my tiny office. It had enough room for a desk with a computer on it, a guest chair, and a bookcase. She sat down in my guest chair and I sat down in my swivel chair. Then she leaned forward showing me a lot of cleavage. She said, "I just need to get a 'C' in this course and it's the only math course I have to take.. He held the sextant horizontally and aimed it at two of the nearby islands."What are you up to, Kev?"He grinned at me, grabbed the dividers and a compass and pointed to a spot on the chart."Well, that's where we are, more or less." He scribbled on his scratchpad a little more and drew a course on the chart. "This course should get us to the island," he said proudly.I looked over his shoulder to double-check what he'd done—by using the sextant to measure the angle between the two islands he got.