’ She laughed. ‘I’d have died of embarrassment if you’d caught me peeking the day you moved in. I also knew beforehand with Alex–he was my 3...d.’ Todd shook his head. ‘I’m having a hard time wrapping my intellect around this. You didn’t even question it?’ Claire grinned wryly again. ‘I questioned my sanity, is what I did. The first time was in middle school. For the sake of etiquette, I won’t get into the nitty griity sex part. That’s between my maker, myself and Jose. It didn’t happen. The round hit the man in his chest, and he flew backwards off his horse. I turned to look ahead and swerved the DUK to avoid the lance that shattered on the armored plate in front of the window. As I missed the man and horse I heard a thud and a scream behind me. Glancing back, I saw the man tumbling from his horse and Kugg jumping up and down in her chair waving the club in her hand."JAMES!" Vala shouted beside me.I whipped my head around and avoided another group of mounted troops. Two lances. And promptly groaned. The parents on the trip had demanded that they get there an hour and a half early ... meaning five in the morning ... meaning leaving at four in the morning ... meaning waking up at three in the morning ... meaning thank god the flight was long and she could sleep ... meaning she better not be sitting in a three-person between Henry and Luke, even though she already knew this was the case...Amanda and Chris weren't leaving until seven. Meaning they got two hours more sleep. Well, until you.”“And why are you interested in me?” I asked, opening my bag of chips and eating a few.“You’re different from most of the guys I knew in High School or at the community college. I mean, you own a house, for Pete’s sake! You do have some strange views, but that’s intriguing. You seem like a nice guy. You aren’t Tom Selleck, but you look nice.”“Gee, thanks,” I said, my voice dripping with sarcasm.“Uh, I guess that came out wrong, didn’t it?”“It did. How would you feel if I said.