So I centered myself again, shaking my head to myself over how slippery keeping center is.#1: #2: #2: #3: #4: #3: #2: We all sensed ourselves lose cen...er from the shock. The lump of ki and the flashes from our hand as we were yanking in back disappeared from our awareness.#2: #2 centered himself/us.#1: We all sensed, with whatever the new sense is, the lump of ki come into existence, then felt it poke against our knee, about as hard as a real finger would.#1: #4: #1: #4: #1: #3: #1: #1: #1: It. . Oh, that damn kid of Gwen's?" Don't give me that 'damn kid' stuff! I'll bet that isn't the way it is at all!"He squirmed and turned red. "Aw, for Christ's sake, who'd want to mess around with a baby?" Eric!..." Oh, shit! Okay, if you're going to keep poking! She did come up. I think I gave her enough to think about, she's not going to try that again. Not with me."I didn't say much. "I thought that was it," I whispered as I got my arm up across his chest and pulled his face around to mine. And. . you know me?" A shocked Corey inquires. How did a girl as popular and sexy as her notice lame me?She begins to giggle, "Yeah, I've seen you guys skateboarding. I've always wanted to learn." Now what the hell does that mean? Girls are so fucking confusing.Before realizing what he was saying, "Well, I have a little skating stuff in my bunker if you wanna come." He shoots a glance over to Mikey, who smiles and gives a double thumbs up. Oh shit, now what have I gotten myself intoJust as he is. A couple of dogs announced our presence, and a lady armed with a double barrel shotgun came walking out, carrying it with one hand on the forestock, or as some call it, the 'forearm' and the other hand at the trigger guard."Who you got there, Ben? Who you bringing out here? Stay right there until I decide if I want to talk to you or him."Ben hollered, "The man was told to come see you by your nephew up near Lexington. I think he wants to live up here and wants to talk to you about buying your.