"We were supposed to have a family dinner that night. All we needed was my wife to get back from who-knows-where. Annie had her back to me. Odd. "Turn...around, sweetie."Annie stood with a hand over one eye."What happened?"She dropped her hand, exposing a black and blue shiner. "Marty Kelly punched me in the face." What?" Some classmate punched my only daughter? I jumped up, letting the paper scatter to the floor. I knew precisely where the student directory was, in the kitchen next to the. Thinking about that made his face grim.Rayne noticed and told him he needed to relax or he would never get through the day, and to just be himself.Then Rayne reached out and put her hand on his face, while she looked him in the eyes and said "Hey, you really shouldn't frown. You never know who might have fallen in love with that smile of yours and now they miss it."And then she left to walk the perimeter to give him some privacy.Matt stared with wide eyes after her, and he was shocked she said. "Go ahead Sweetheart," offered Miss Tandy as she picked up her test."Thank you, Ma'am," she stood and performed a polite curtsey then hurriedover to help Coo Sage with the test.Then I noticed the other two who had finished were doing the same thing,helping other students."I hope you don't think I'm doing something wrong by letting them helpeach other," stated Miss Tandy. "But since I started allowing it, thenumber who need extra help has dropped. And they aren't just being giventhe answers." I. Embrace me, my sweet embraceable you!Embrace me, irreplaceable you!Just one look at you, my heart grew tipsy in me;you and you alone bring out the gypsy in me!More applause and 'Autumn in New York' 'Summertime' and 'StormyWeather' brought the house down. Mel introduced 'Knickers' andthen I introduced 'Lonely Days'.'Dance the Old Fashioned Way' had people swaying in time and theroom was entirely silent as we performed 'You're My Thrill.' Wefinished with a full-blown version of 'I'll Be Long.