” Each say hey onto the phone. Becky says, “Mark…can I come see you?” “If I remember correctly you won’t return to our home. You were afra...d they would rape you.” Laughter is heard from his friends. Becky says, “I’ll be right over there.” The phone goes dead, Mark says, “Becky is coming.” Chris says, “Tiffany is coming.” Tim says, “Stephanie just pulled in.” Mark says, “Nobody touch Becky…she’s mine.” Just then the doors open as a red headed girl walks in, Chris and Steve walk up to her. ‘Rex! DOWN!’ In mid-flight, the giant dog dropped to the floor in a ‘down’ position, looking wistfully at Tugger, who walked prissily past him, flicking his tail and giving a general glance of disapproval before going to rub on Laney’s legs. Smiling, she reached down and scooped up the enormous cat. ‘Tugger, are you teasing that poor dog?’ Tugger’s eyes closed into half-slits, but she could see the smugness on his face. Smiling, she sat the cat down and went into the kitchen, idly opening the. There were so many sizes. Could they not just make a few sizes, and then shrink them to fit like you have done for us?" Cathleen asked."Most people in our society don't have any Magic ability, and they can't do that," I told them."Don't the stores have Wizards to do that for them?" Clare asked."No, most stores don't have that," Pat told her with a grin."Remember that for a very long time there was little or no Magic here. Things were developed to get along without Magic. Instead, technology was. “Of course, no problem at all. I don’t have any other plans, would be happy to have her.” A trip to the grocery store made sure that I had all her favorite things. Froot Loops, wtf. And of course almond milk, because of some reason or another I didn't understand. I was just so happy she was coming, and hoped there wouldn’t be a last minute cancellation. I held that out there, because it happened sometimes. I’d be disappointed. I was sitting in my favorite chair with a cup of coffee, reading the.