Would you like me to make you one?"Relieved by Erik's sudden mood change, the young man decided to encourage the older man's diversion."Erik's moods s...ift so rapidly I have never been able to keep up with them." Hmmm ... yes. A tall drink sounds good to me right now. I will check with the kitchen. How much juice do you need?" Oh, I believe enough to fill two shot glasses should suffice." Very well, I shall return in a moment."Erik returned to his pacing while waiting for Raoul to return."We. His father had been an imposing man, so I guessed that Erlethwould also be such one day.I had thought about what would happen if I were to marry Francis. I wasapproaching my 20th year of living and it was a proper time for me tofind a husband. I had met lots of men whom I'd fancied, but none werecomparable to my oldest friend. Could he find it within himself to lovesomeone such as me? I had known him before the change and we haddiscussed several topics that were improper between a husband and. We cleaned up the best we could and fixed the bed after. As I was putting my shirt back on, I heard the bell ring. Whats your next class? I asked Vladimir. Uhh. Biology. Wait, is it Wednesday? He asked me. I nodded and he did too. Yeah. Then we get free period. He said. Cool. I finished and walked out the door. We walked down the halls and headed to room 147. We walked down to our seats and we neared Billie. Her usual black and dark green hair lightly swaying because of the open window. Hey. His daughter Reeta was a cracker by any meaning of the word, with a strong will of her own. She had inherited the best physical features of both parents and from somewhere she had found a very strong vivacious personality. She was about 5'7" tall; slim with a lovely brown Indian complexion and with lovely dark expressive flashing eyes. I had dated her a couple of times, and I had thoroughly enjoyed her company. In fact I had always thought Reeta would be just the girl for me, but I knew that.