Let her get mad at you. Work things out."Tim looked at me as if I'd asked him to stick his hand into a pit of poisonous snakes."Do you have any idea w...at I could lose?" Do you know what you'd be gaining?" I'm going to have to think about that one," Tim said."Good. In the meantime, tell me if you have a problem with the two of us being together." Together, no. Alone ... possibly." Possibly, I don't get that one."Tim scratched his head, and then said, "With the way you are, right now, I can't see. What now? He shrugged.“What do you want, Tom?”“I hear you’ve been mouthy to my friend Helen.”Danny shrugged again. “I told her to do her assignments herself. I’m not one of her lap dogs.”“Pretty rude for a bastard,” Tom challenged. “Maybe somebody should teach you some manners?”Danny actually grinned. “Jeez, Tom, don’t be stupid. You’re not in her league. Once you’ve served your purpose, she’ll ignore you again.”“Why don’t you mind your own fuckin’ business, Ivan?”“I’m trying, but there’s this. It was their worst showing in fifteen years! I whispered that the chefs were probably mixing cyanide in my plate right now.“I’ll give you mouth-to-mouth resuscitation if they do,” she promised.I grinned at her. “Remember when we were little, and you made me kiss your boo-boo?”She laughed. “I do! I told Mom afterwards and she swatted my bottom! Daddy just laughed and said something in Gaelic.”“Well, if I get a boo-boo, will you kiss it and make it better?”“We’ll have to see on that one! I have a. Spirit, earth, air, water, and fire, they are all connected around you and within you. All you need to sustain yourself spiritually, physically, emotionally, and mentally is around you and within you,’ her words faded as she began to fade away and Michelle felt herself fading as well. ‘Come back!’ Michelle yelled as she awoke frantically with her arms stretched in front of her. Her breathing was deep and rapid. Her heart was beating a hundred times its normal rate. ‘Oh my goodness, I’m finally.