The class was in fits of laughter, and I felt my face go bright red from embarrassment. ‘Under the doorstep’ was just the easy way that my school ...n Yorkshire had taught us to remember carrying tens over to the next column. Miss Cooper asked the class if anyone knew what I meant and lots of hands went up. That made me angry. They all knew exactly what I meant, probably because they’d been taught the same way.I stood up suddenly from my chair before she could pick someone, catching her by. It'll give me a chance to show off my new coffee maker."His shoulders slumped and he took his time making it up the stairs. Depression. It was pretty obvious. They had drugs for that. The same drugs that put his wife in the state she was in now. Which caused him to take care of her and lose his job. It would be ironic if he ended up taking the same drugs that were at the root of his depression.How do you fix a man like him? Going all bubbly and Mary Poppins on him wasn't the answer. There are. I'll be right back."Stevie entered the kitchen and saw Gerry standing by the counter, thebaby on his hip, swaying back and forth while stirring the contents ofthe crockpot and singing quietly, "Look for the bear necessities, thesimple bear necessities, forget about your worries and your strife..."He was kind of adorable. His pudgy little rump swaying back and forthjust like Baloo the bear in The Jungle Book."And how's my little homemaker?" she teased.Without interrupting his swaying, Gerry. When we finally left Harry's she was as excited as I.We made the rest of our errand stops quickly in nervous sexual anticipation. Each time we looked at each other a knowing smirk rose on each of our faces. We both knew it could not wait until the evening. As we pulled into the drive of my home and parked we both quickly loaded our hands with bags and packages. We trod up the stairs to the kitchen level and set the bags down. As she went through each bag to take out things that had to go in the.