Gwen grinned slightly as she listened to Eli laugh; he had an honest laugh and she loved the sound of it. Damnit, she thought, she was going to have to be sure not to be thinking things like that and looking at him the way she was suddenly aware she was looking at him. He seemed amused by her staring at Martin, and she liked that; Gwen had never been able to be shy and retiring and although she didn't want trouble and tended to back away from unnecessary hassle, she wasn't prepared to let Martin beat her. She knew men like him -- after all, she'd been married to a man like him -- and she knew that he would pursue her if she didn't push back. He thrived on weakness, and she couldn't allow herself to be that. Gwen was taking the power back in her life, and that was something which meant she had to stand up to Martin.<br/><br/>But, he'd dropped his gaze and Gwen turned her attention back to Eli. He asked her something and Gwen's face flushed; what<i> was</i>it with him and how she blushed around him. However, "oh! I did! Hang on," she said and she rummaged in her bag. "I wanted to show you the sorts of designs that we might make, samples if you would, and I thought I'd do that with things for her." She had done just that, too. Two notebooks, each with different designs, but both with her name on - one book had paper which was shades of light green going to blue, the other had rainbow paper. There was also a sample of a name tag, and a few pieces of individual paper which had her name in very feint letters in a sort of monogram at the bottom.  "There are other things that we could do, but I thought she'd like to be able to have those, and it gives you a good sense of what we can produce."<br/><br/>Eli then moved to the idea of the weekend and Gwen considered it. "Definite no to school-skipping, but next Friday they have an early finish for staff training?" She raised an eyebrow. "But I return the favour, and when you've got mine, I've got yours. I'd like to have a real pamper-party for her.  Next weekend? And we could maybe meet up on Saturday after the qualifiers, the four of us? Rose and I could cook for you?" Yes, there were issues for Gwen in terms of money but it was more than that. Rosalie didn't have a female role-model in the way that Toby didn't have a male one. Eli's reaction to her leftover food had told her a lot about his own cooking skill -- or lack of it. So, maybe she could give Rosalie some confidence in the kitchen, Gwen considered.<br/><br/>They agreed that the following weekend would be "The Great Kid-Swap" and then he said that yes, he had spare helmets. As for when she'd be ready for that spin? Gwen beamed at him and her answer was immediate, without hesitation, and entirely honest. "How about tomorrow?" She'd say now if there was any chance that he had a spare helmet with him, but they both had to get to class, too. Her as a student, him as a teacher. "If you're not busy? I'd love that."