"Alex, let's take a break for a minute," Chloe said."OK," he replied."I've noticed you seem to have a hard time concentrating today Alex," Chloe obser...ed."Ah, yeah, I guess so," Alex replied. Chloe thought she could see him blushing."You seem to be distracted by something," Chloe observed, knowing full well that she was the distraction."Maybe," was the reply from Alex."Am I your distraction?" Chloe asked."I guess so. You're so beautiful I can't look away," Alex answered after a moment's. ..uh...pee..." So wait a few minutes, why don't cha!" Ok...sorry..."Martin still couldn't believe what he saw as he shut the door. He'd always thought of his sister as just another aspect if his life he'd just have to deal with until he went to college. Now, however, he saw Angela in a different light. Even through her rage, he saw a part of her that would stay with him for the rest of his life. In that one moment, he saw her as a woman. He saw the curves of her hips just before she covered. Damper (yeastless or soda bread) was happily rising as it cooked in the camp oven that Mira had put in the fire pit.Mira and Jen stripped the orange flesh from a dozen beer nuts to make the stew more filling. Mira told Jen that the nuts would make the small amount of meat from the longear that was in the pot, go a lot further.Mira also added several root vegetables and her favourite herbs. The smell from the pot was very enticing. When asked, Mira said to give the pot half an hour at least to. That was Quinn’s purpose. He was making himself a target. He wanted to give her a safe outlet for her frustration. She just could not do it. Not to him. It would feel like kicking a dog. She sighed. The anger melted out of her leaving a hollow, sad ache behind. She shook her head. “Will is not as reasonable as he appears. Explorers never are. He’s easy-going and adaptable, but it’s a tactic. Underneath it is a restlessness and a will to win that is as uncompromising as nature itself. It has to.