What should I call you?" Don't worry for now. We can deal with that all in good time." I watched her as she walked by me. I could see that I was going...to find her something of a challenge. First of all she was wearing trousers. She cannot have imagined that would be acceptable. Her shoes had high heels, which was at least a step in the right direction. The way she strode, however, stepping out confidently, was very definitely not in the approved manner. I followed her into the house and waved. ”He gave us a list of what he was going to be teaching the next couple of weeks, and then we joined the rest of the waltzing couples.“I feel so special!” Claire said“You are. And you dance very well too, CC,” I said looking into her beautiful brown eyes.“When you look at me like that and talk to me like that, I just want to kiss you so badly, Charles Newman,” she giggled leaning very close. Close enough to kiss.I put my hand up in front of her face and said, “Hold that thought. We do have an. Freddie wasn?t the only one that was watching. Three other girls lay, helpless and silenced, cocooned in plastic wrapping that secured them and, at the same time prevented the occasional abrasions that were otherwise the inevitable consequence of transport. Each of them was stretched out on a metal shelf on racking to one side of the dock. They were watching, convinced ? rightly ? that their fate was to follow the girl in the cage. Freddie liked to come down to the dock sometimes. It was easy. "This is where you're supposed to be. What else?" Study hall's gonna be out. We converted most of the library to overflow classrooms. We have a couple of options," Mizz Nevils said, referring to a printed page. "Looks like about all we have left is music appreciation or chemistry."I looked at Nikki."We have a library full of the best music in the world," she smiled at me. "Chemistry?"I smiled back. "You betcha, babe!" I turned to Mizz Nevils. "Put Nikki down for chemistry." That gives me a full.