Was there any point in tellingthe police they were missing? Probably not, I decided, but I hadnowhere else to go. Maybe I could make a scene and get ...myself arrested,getting a couple of meals that would taste terrible but might be morenutritious than the saltines I'd been eating.I walked to the police station. It took a while; I was tired andhungry and had to stop and rest several times. When I finally gotthere, well after noon, I walked up to the front desk and said, "I'dlike to report some. ’ ‘Woo, Pollyanna, now that’s an original name, isn’t it?’ ‘Whatever, she’s the one who told me. As if I would actually pick such a corny bird-brained name like that. If you don’t watch yourself I’ll teach Pollyanna to insult you on demand. Check this out, (pssh…ttha) tell Jason what he is.’ ‘Squaaak! Whew who, Jason’s a butthead, Jason’s a butthead’ ‘Funny, very funny, Hannah. Say, let’s get some frozen yogurt. I’ve got a couple two for one coupons, wait, did I say that right? I have a coupon. It sounded so very different from my dominantlymale undergraduate and post-graduate education environment.Wonderful as it sounded, it quickly became ho-hum -- even with theinevitable pretty young-girl crushes. Not to mention, once I beganteaching, I was caught up in the science. Science and math trumpeverything, at least with me. Most of them realized that they couldexercise or fuel their crushes by studying and learning the material.This particular day began normally and routinely. During. This time, no dreams of blood and death haunted his slumber.Sunlight shining through the window and the heat of the day dragged him back to wakefulness. Raven was lying with her head on his chest, and her expression bore hints of a smile. His arm was asleep from lying beneath her, and he moved, trying to pull it free without waking her up."Mmm. Just a minute more," she said in an uncharacteristically soft voice. She raised her shoulder, allowing him to move his arm, which he lifted to stroke.