Moving like lightning they each advanced upon each other starting with thrown weapons. Both failing that, they pulled short swords as they again advan...ed slashing and thrusting. It was half a toton later when the slimmer of the two caught the other on the arm ripping a gash in it. Undaunted the heavier combatant moved to counter attack only to be rebuffed and drove to the wall. A short sword at the throat and a dagger across the midsection finally put the heavier of the two down. Falling, the. Lets hit the wayback machine back to early October, because that's asclose to the beginning as we probably need to go.Thats when a boy named Tom transferred to Walter Raleigh high school.Tom was ...quiet, shy. An easy target for bullies, who called him "fag"and names like that. But there was one place he seemed to fit in, and thatwas Drama.He made .... I dont know if you would call them "friends" but people whodidnt mind him hanging around, so probably as close to friends as he had.Then the day. "I want this again." You do?"He wanted it again too, and had been worried it would never happen a second time. Being a man, perhaps he can be forgiven for jumping at the chance, instead of remembering his promise to Julian. Besides, what he was about to do was something they had done before so ... technically ... it had been breaking his promise only the first time it had happened. And that had been an accident.It was no accident that he moved to lie on top of her now though, or that her hand. May be different. Of course the scenes where Basil and Deeta kissed and caressed did not show in the Indian version.As soon as we returned to the U.K. we started the second series of 'A Detective called Grantham'. The vibes between Grantham and Meera's character Sharma was perfect for a sub-plot. It was a kind of will they/won't they? Situation. I didn't know the outcome nor did anyone else. At that point I doubted that even the scriptwriter knew.Then the Royal Premiere of 'Scorn' was imminent.