Chicken breasts into the microwave to thaw. Normally I'd set them out to thaw the instant I got home; normally, I'd get home before 5 PM. Apricot jam,...dried onion soup mix, French dressing, into the bowl to mix. Atomic batteries to power, turbines to speed. Rice into the rice cooker, which takes care of everything—steams it, and then shifts over to 'Keep Warm' mode when the cooking's done. (Arie's Chinese, does her family have one of these?) Foil on tray, chicken onto tray, sauce over chicken,. ‘Sleep well?’ ‘Beautifully. And you?’ ‘The same. I’m ready for action.’ He arched his right eyebrow and gave her a slight grin. She squeezed his hand a little harder and winked, lowering the top of her shift to show him her left shoulder and a hint of her cleavage. ‘Soon I think, my dear. I need to cover a little more ground with you before we indulge again. There’s a lesson to be learned that’s best learned by example than lecture.’ He brought her hand to his lips and kissed it. ‘There are. She gives me no choice and I let loose in her mouth. She is new at it so she loses most of it and it spills onto my groin. She doesn’t clean it up.She comes up from under the covers, falling back in my arms. With a big grin on her face, she says, “I must be getting better. It didn’t take as long this time.”I don’t want to burst her bubble, so I just nod and give her a kiss. Then say, “I need to take my shower.”After school, I have our last wrestling practice, so I am the last one to show up to. The spell for the second part goes: Open the door, push the sad loser out, slam the door." I'm not doing it, no way!" You want to sleep outside tomorrow night?" Okay, I'm doing it." I'll get ready." She looked very excited. "My first really big spell!" Oh, that's just great!" I groaned. Chapter 2 Misdirected MagicIt took her about an hour to go through various books and set up the equipment she needed to start the spell. None of it made much sense to me. Somehow I don't think it did to her.