"They're about a third as big again as rooks and crows," said Richard. "I just love the way they move effortlessly in the thermals but when they dive ...on prey whoosh!" They're coming closer," said Deborah."Just wait till they get over the rookery," said Richard. "The rooks will go ape."Sure enough as the buzzards drifted over the rookery twenty or so rooks rose and two went to sort out the intruders. They were very aggressive but the buzzards seemed totally unfazed: rising with a tilt of their. ?Go ahead, Claire.?Decision made!?Just a little prick in your arm, Peter. No worse than a flu jab. You mayget a little bit of stiffness in this arm just as you do with most otherinjections,, but this is perfectly normal?She took my arm and gently ?stabbed? the needle in before pressing theplunger home.?That?s it, Peter. All done!?Nothing happened, which I suppose was really what we were all expecting.My lights didn?t go out, There wasn?t any sort of funny feelingwhatsoever. Well, that was a. That night, together with Rose in our bed, she propped herself up on her elbow and looked down at me."You've had that smile on your face all day, Doug. Tell me what it's about." That should be obvious. It's about Debbie's graduation. It's about Bill and his doing the right thing. It's about this family and how it has endured some really terrible times and come through them. It's about you, Rose. How lucky I am to find someone like you. I didn't expect it, but I did hope for it. It does give a. Any resemblance to actual events or locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.This story is part of the Tommy Series: Book 1 Mr. Steel; Book 2 Growing up; Book 3 Returning HomeTo support these and other stories by Tom Cup, visit: http://www.tomcup.comTOMMY SERIESPART 1CHAPTER TWOSummer vacation started a week or so after the school camping trip and during the time left at school I didn't see Mr. Steel once. My stomach was churning and I felt sick the last day of school. I.