The sun has moved round and is shining on his face now, when did that happen? Again I catch the thoughtful expression, one day I'll nerve up and ask h...m what he's thinking about, but not today. Not today.I watch him in the bright light, the morning sun heating my back. I see his face before me, and I see Tennyson's alongside it in my mind, and realize I love them both.Maybe it shows on my face, as he smiles at me, and I can't help responding in kind.I lean forward and we kiss once again, long. Wang noticed, as did the girls with me, but we also caught Mr. Wang staring closely at several of the girls, though mostly at Chloe. He clearly tried not to stare too much, but his bulge grew as he taught the class and Chloe went out of her way to encourage him. I didn’t tell her to do that, but I got the impression that she wanted him to yield to temptation, and frankly, I agreed with her. All of the other teachers were going to get some action, sooner or later. Why not Mr. Wang?Class was. She was absent for 2 days. I was scared whether it’s my mistake but then on the third day in the evening, she messaged. It was my birthday. She told me that because of family emergency she had to rush and now everything is alright.She had forgotten my birthday and did not wish me. I told her I wanted to go for lunch with you as it was my birthday. Then she realized and started apologizing. I was like it’s ok to relax and take a deep breath. We’ll go some other time. She kept asking me what. “My old friend Burt said the stripers are really biting now.” Dad said. I knew “stripers” were otherwise called striped bass.I knew Burt had been one of my Dad’s buddies while they were in the Marines together. Burt owned a fishing camp at Santee-Cooper in South Carolina. The Santee and Cooper rivers were part of the federally funded New Deal construction projects under Roosevelt. Two huge lakes, Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie, were formed and the damns built provided electricity for large parts.