QUOTE : So I just sat there, looking into her eyes, wondering if she wanted me to kiss her or not. And then I gathered my nerve, thinking, to heck with it, I would kiss her anyhow. But before I could make a move, Erica ducked away from me, sat on my bed, and began speaking as though we were in the middle of a completely different conversation. “The thing about the Croatoan is that they’re extremely unpredictable… ,” she began. I couldn’t understand what was going on. Until Chip Schacter burst into my room a second later.