With everything that had happened her exhausted body gave up the fight and she drifted back off to sleep. * When she woke next, the sound of the win... had gone. Instead it had been replaced with the sleeping breaths of Eduardo, but there was another sound she couldn’t quite place. As the sleep receded further she winced. Her body ached from the cold. All the heat from her pre-slumber actives had gone. Suddenly, she jumped up, nearly hitting her head on the low ceiling of the cave.. Only ten candidates turned up for the team session because the team was pretty settled at this point in the season. After a thorough warm-up, Coach Budd had us on the 400 metres running track, alternating between sprinting at top speed down the straights with a more measured pace round the bends. I knew I’d come last because I didn’t have a fast sprint but, after my vigorous run the evening before, I was heavy-legged and trailing a disappointing distance behind the ninth placed runner when. However, I was too afraid of going any further so that is how it stayed. Within the next month the cold of winter moved in and we began to have more frequent movie nights at Dans house. I never made any moves towards furthering anything with Annie. I knew to do so would be morally wrong and could damage my job, friendships, and marriage. It wasnt until one night things began to change. Annie was lying in front of me in the usual pose and she said she was cold. She jumped up and hopped away to. At the bottom of the stairs I paused, took a deep breath and opened thedoor."Tanya, I'm really glad you came." I then leant over and kissed her onthe cheek."Trish... You look." Nice?" No Trish, you look really beautiful tonight," I started to blush."Err come in please" I said as I turned and headed upstairs, I heardTanya close the front door and follow me."I brought a set meal for two from the local Chinese takeaway I hopethat's okay."as she entered my living room I replied, "That's fine, I've.