Once there, she kissed my cheek and thanked me again. I collected my jacket and went on my way.The next day at school Kate saw me come in before homer...om, and latched on to my arm and dragged me over to meet her school friends. It turns out that she told them what had happened and they needed to meet the hero of that play.After the introductions, I saw Jack walking down the hallway with his arm in a soft cast and a sling. He was with a couple of his cronies and when he saw me, he beat a hasty. ” Arthur joked. “Whatever happens don’t let him get to you, me and you, we've got this!”The girl returned with a smile of her own at the boy’s enthusiasm, yet Victor’s harsh words persisted. “Stay still you damn runt! And know your place!” Another snowball landed inches above Iris’s head, producing a sharp scream from the girl.“Victor stop bullying Iris you have done nothing but try to hit her all the time!” As weak as she sounded Victoria still came to her opponent's defence. “At least hit. Both of them crying, their mouths were crushed together in seemingly never-ending kiss, their limbs inter-twined as if they were trying to become one. Helen broke off the kiss and held Suzi's face between her hands. "I love you, Suzi. I've never been more sure of anything in my life" Suzi gazed back into the green eyes. For a moment she chewed her lower lip, and then she said quietly "I love you too Helen. No if's no but's, no doubts. I feel about you like I've never felt about anyone else,. Three hours later we were parked in an open-sided building designed to keep the sun off us and our visitors. Chairs were set around the front, back and sides because of the large expanse of glass I'd had installed. I talked out one side of the rear glass, sharing the area with Sergei. My family was many times larger but didn't seem to swamp the Lischinsky family. My dad and grandpa were talking to the others in Russian sprinkled with many Polish words.The families stayed on for the three weeks.