We sat and chatted some, and my coffee arrived!John sheepishly got up and announced, "Err, would you excuse me Annette, I just have to visit the small... room" Yes of course sweetie, that's fine". We held our gaze a little longer than would have been normal, and didn't we just know why that was! I sat and drank my coffee and relished how I was feeling right then, I had to take several deep breathes to control my excitement!The door opened and John came in and sat down, he was looking really. When he wasn’t away in summer bringing back Hibernian bounty, his main preoccupation was hunting reindeer, elk and boar, whose meat, though very welcome, provided only occasional variety to a diet mostly of fish, mushrooms, goats milk and hare. The summer days were indeed long. Soon the sun would never set and night become as much day as day became night in winter. These were the days when Astrid gathered together the food that kept hunger at bay in the long night, when it was sometimes too. I ask "Is there anything I can help you with Ms Bates?", to which she replies "I've been thinking about what you said earlier, and in my day I was always up for a bit of experimenting, so I've had experience with lesbians", now I'm confused, "What are you getting at Ms Bates?", "Please, call me Susan, I was just thinking, it sounds like we don't have anyone to be with on Valentine's Day, you're attracted to women, I'm attracted to women, I just thought I'd try my luck."She stands up off the bed. B. with me. It's got some important information from school on it, and I can't find it. I need it tonight.”My son pulled his head out of the fridge for a moment to respond to her before diving back in for more food.“Why don't you just download it again?”Oh, fuck! I hadn't closed everything down on the computer. I was on the verge of hysteria as my daughter began walking out of the room in the direction of the computer.“Wait a minute.”I practically yelled. She turned and gave me such a strange.