" Mmm, well behave yourselves. No hangovers while you're on duty tomorrow."I went up to my room, where I saw Kelly sitting on my bed watching Pointles..., as soon as I entered the room she ran over to me and kissed me hard on the lips."You're back, you're back. Did you see Lorraine, doesn't she look stunning?" Yes, and yes. What have you got planned?" I'm going to the pub with Lorraine in half an hour when she finishes. Mum thinks I'm staying over at Lorraine's as well, so we've got all night.. Why are you still trying?" Replacements," I said. "I told them we were producing replacements." Oh! You didn't?" the teacher asked."Yes ... we did," Wendy said."That's funny," she said."We weren't joking," Wendy and I said, straight faced.She looked shocked.But we couldn't keep it up, and we both cracked up."Now, your children persist in telling the other students that you are on a round the world voyage." She saw the grins. "You are? I mean ... really?" As soon as school is out we will be. Unlike I-5, US-12 was more of a rural highway and it had long been washed away by the storms of Washington. Only patches of it still survived amid the tangle of forests. We were practically walking through the wilderness. It was rough. We didnt have enough bedding, just a thin blanket to lie upon. Luckily it wasnt cold at night, and I did have my four spouses for warmth, but it wasnt comfortable. Needles fell on you while you slept, and sometimes sap dripped from the pine trees. We had three. The bathrooms each had a shower. Honestly, it was a lot nicer than the dorm room she’d shared in college.The boys, Ian and Wally, grabbed the far room on the right, and the girls split up the other rooms. Sam reminded Jake that Marcy and Bonnie were a couple and needed to be in separate rooms. They protested mightily, but ultimately couldn’t stand in the face of Jake’s cheerful firmness.“Okay, everyone, it’s 10pm, time for bed!” Sam called. The students groaned about the early bedtime, but she.