Catching up is so much fun! Brava, one and all.

Thank you!

kat, that was lovely. And I never thought of how difficult it would be to read with one eye. I just grabbed a book and closed one eye, and, man, it's tricky.

Poor Xander. Sniff.

Kat, nice story, but I have to chime in on a few things. My stepmother had only one eye. She drove for years. Knew the thickness of the paint on her car and could manouver in dense traffic. She read a lot too.

I have macular degeneration in my left eye and sometimes I just put my palm over it and read.

So loss of an eye does not mean you lose driving and reading stuff.

However, I chose to think that the bus had come to the end of its journey, and Xander let Andrew read to him because he knew it would please Andrew.

Damn, Kat, I love the image of him sitting there, listening to Andrew read.

But what Mart says - you can drive with just one eye. They make you take vision tests at the DMV, but if you pass, you're OK with it.

Or are the others just not letting him drive the bus? Or is he unsure of himself with it?

(now you've got ME saying 'huh'!!!)

Is this where I got it? I say it all the time now and wondered where it came from.

Lovely Erika, that was nice.

Kat, how sweet, and very like Andrew.

Kat that's really lovely.

I know Andrew offered to read the book but he's half in love with Xander so it made sense to me. And I thought Xander accepted, not because he physically couldn't read the book, but because hearing Andrew read it would make it easier than reading it himself.

Huh. I didn't know about the driving thing, but I would imagine that the rest of the gang would not want him driving now, especially with lots of fully-eyed peeps of legal driving age to do so. Maybe I should go back and put in something about how they won't let him drive anymore.

I wasn't even thinking about Xander not being able to read. I assume that he could do so if he chose to. It just seemed to me that he was touched by Andrew's offer and accepted it. Also, I think it might be too hard on him emotionally right now to actually read the book. And I thought it made a nice image, Andrew sitting behind Xander reading to him while the moon rose. So, I guess that's the whyfore about reading the book.

Andrew reading made sense to me, Kat.

(Gah. I wore a patch for several days after a rugby injury and collided with everyone/thing just walking! I can't imagine driving one-eyed. I guess you learn to compensate.)

(laughing at the Howardization of Buffista fic.)