Besides this is more fun!" He asserted mischievously. Steam shot off the Goddess as she shook with outrage over her divine plan being thrown awryShe s...lammed her fists down, the ground shook for James "Mom told you to stop ruining my plans!" She argued"How's this ruining it? Besides Dad said we should hang out more!" The God said in a jolly manner."You know what? Forget it! I'm done!" The Goddess waved her now glowing hands and James once again found himself back in his class. The class was once. There were no actual hunters in the company, whether of mammoth or any other animal. There were four women, two adolescent boys and two younger girls. Two of the women were pregnant. One of the boys had a gaping hole where his left eye would once have been and the imprint of tooth marks and claws on his chest. The company was wretched, starving and frail. Their progress was slow even now when they were so close to the village. But their arrival was acclaimed by cheers, tears and ululation. . Well, at least that was how I felt about her. “O… of course I remember,” I almost stammered back down the phone. Some people just have that effect on you. “I can barely believe… after all this time.” “Yeah, I know.” Cora giggled, a familiar and comforting sound. “I get dragged off to Montana by my parents, and then I turn up again out of the blue. Who’d ever have figured that?” I remembered the day that she left. Her father had been transferred and the darkness of my losing Cora far. After all, tonight is the last Saturday of the month – and we both know that it's measuring night, and you'll be getting a special treat later tonight, don’t we?” She grinned and playfully added. “Then again, I might be getting a special treat of my own before then, hmm?”I nodded, and could only gulp, feeling my pulse begin to quicken.Just then her cab arrived and tooted. Mandy kissed me again and departed.I spent a long, apprehensive evening alone. I lost count of the times that unbidden.