Marina told him that she wanted dropping off in Lindon as a convenient dropping off point near this village hall where she told him she was “due to ...e picked up by some old friends”.Now she was here, she realised that she needed a loo rather desperately, followed by a hot drink to warm up her chilled bones. Also, now that she had made up her mind regarding her course of action, she decided she also needed something to eat. Her appetite had sneaked up on her without warning during the last leg. The image of Cindy flashing her tits to the boys when Simms had his back to the class. I guess I was too chicken to do it. ‘So you must know something about enzymes, the little protein things that act as catalysts in the body.’ I nodded, but only cause I did remember that word. ‘You and I couldn’t live without them.’ I kept nodding. ‘There’s this one enzyme called teatase, spelled ‘T-E-A-T-A-S-E’ but pronounced ‘tee-taze.’ Doubt they would cover it in a high school class, but it’s pretty. Nicholas soon would be there;We were nestled all snug in our beds,While visions of sugar-plums danced in our heads;And me in my nighty and him in his cap,Had just settled down for a long winter's nap,When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.Away to the window I flew like a flash,Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snowGave the lustre of mid-day to objects below,When, what to my wondering. If cared to admit it to himself, whatever was between them scared him too. He couldn’t explain what he was feeling but he knew she was doing a number on his head. He made his way slowly back to work unable to get both the feel of her body or her words out of his head. Life returned to a normal routine. Grace was still confused about her feelings towards Lucas. She wanted him. He’d woken things in her that she never new existed. When he’d look at her with those brilliant green eyes she wanted to.