You didn't sound like you were blowing me off, and you've been in a better mood today. Finally get some, did we?"Jackie frowned, "No." A crooked smile...crept across her face then, and she added, "I did take your advice though."Julie laughed, "Well, keep plenty of batteries on hand. I'm going to go get a drink, and I'm going to hold you to that promise to come out with me." Okay, have fun."Four hours later, Jackie finished catching up on all her work. Actually, she had a jump on the next couple. I thought for a moment she was going to turn me down flat. But then she asked, "But what about my aid? They pay me a set amount because I pay rent at Brookstone. If I lived here they would cut my aid down." Well, they might. But you and I aren't married so I'm not really supporting you. And if you like we can consider ourselves roommates; although I don't like trying to pull a fast one on the state. "It doesn't matter though–even if they cut your aid; with my job I can support all of us easily.. He returned to his chambers, his hand finally bring the small tag to his sight. It was a pass for the Tower Library. With a sigh he gathered his writing utensils and blank scrolls, then made his way across the Tower to where the Library resided. The Tower at its base was more like a pyramid than a tower, with actual tower extending from the pyramid's apex. The whole structure was carved from the living rock of a mountain, with several work rooms and training halls built into the mountain. It closes in the winter. The nearest mall and the nearest theater are both in the city, almost sixty miles away.We have a high school and kids come from a half a dozen towns in the area to attend. We also have one grade school. They built a new one, a larger one, a few years ago and tore down the one that we went to.They have added on to the high school. The year that I graduated there were sixty-seven kids in our graduating class. It isn't that much bigger now though. I think I read that the.