Night-time was sometime barely tolerable when little Iris chose the least appropriate time to bawl her head off to demand breast-feeding, nappy-changi...g or just attention."One would almost think you'd never wanted to be a father," Isobel accused Alex on more than one occasion.And then there was Karen. How did Alex end up having a relationship with a young teacher who didn't even pretend to be faithful to him but nevertheless demanded so much of his time and attention? It was quite obviously not. Carol clapping her hands, then Ilook around at the other girls in the class and they are standing aroundme in a circle clapping their hands too.I snap out of my little day dream and I notice myself in the mirror. Ihave done a complete split with both my legs on the floor, one on theright and one on the left with my little crotch sitting on the floor aswell."Wow I did it. I never knew I could do that. How did I do that Ms.Carol?" I feel her hands patting me on the shoulder.I see her hand reach. Marsha and I had had our moments of fighting, but could I handle this level of upset if it ever happened? I suspected / hoped that much of Mel’s screaming was acting, but if she ever tried that with me, we might be in for trouble. The staged conflict was absent from her later work; there were a few scenes where there was some scripted disagreement, but most of the time she was calm and businesslike. I guess she’d matured. There had certainly never been any of that when I’d been with her, even. But we were kind of pretty. Maybe I was not butKenzie and Drew were. During the lunch period there were some 'Hey' thereand here from other girls and a few boys.The last period was PE and Kenzie with Drew guided me to my locker whichwas "the same as last year". While changing I was trying not to look atgirls. I planned to reverse to Earl, that's too old me. The teachercouldn't ogle his nude students. The girls' PE teacher was Madeleine Bond.Students and other teachers behind the back called her.