" She eased closer to him. She made a gesture with her hand and the lights dimmed. She draped a leg over Toril's as she pulled a fur blanket over them... In the near darkness he could still make out her features. It all seemed strange to him, how everything happened so quickly. Clara snuggled closer to him, laying her head on his chest."Sleep now." She whispered.He awoke suddenly to sunlight streaming into his room. He glanced about quickly, disoriented. It was his room at his parent's manor. Was. .." Hope finished her coffee, thinking of how Shawna might feel if she phoned to interrupt their evening. They'd come, but even if Shawna didn't think it was deliberate, she'd still see Marcus coming at Hope's beck and call."It's alright, I'll walk." She decided."On your own? I'll walk you." And then you'll have to walk twice as far on your own." That's OK." No it's not," Hope said. "How were you supposed to be getting home?" I was going to walk. I do it a lot." You aren't worried?" A little,. A large, wet, red patch of some material is across my stomach and the bedding under me seems very wet with the same. Looking around the place as I lay there, I see nothing but blurry images. Even so, my hearing seems rather clear. I can hear the sounds of a few animals, mostly chickens I assume, also, now and then I hear the traces of someone at work. The slight efforts I make to look at my surroundings tires me more than I can even imagine. Most of my time is spent dropping in and out of. Jason started the music and counted us in. The salsa was on a one-two-three count and I slipped easily into the rhythm. I had been to a friend’s salsa party not long ago and was thanking her in my head for the practise. We hadn’t been moving long, it must have been about five minutes, when I felt the firmness of another part of Ted’s anatomy. I stopped instinctively, despite shouts from Jason to carry on. ‘Do you want me to stop?’ I asked. I just couldn’t believe it was me that had got him.