The tall, bosomy blonde had her rump and back spooned in against the man's belly and chest. He had his arm wrapped possessively around her waist. The ...londe, in turn, had one arm over another, slightly shorter streaked-blond girl with short cropped hair.'This must be the potential Phoenix Tanya wants me to evaluate, ' Lisa thought, casually brushing her mind against the dreaming girl to determine what idle thoughts roamed through her sleeping mind.She stood for several minutes, simply gazing at. Are you going to throw away your entire life trying to fix something that, right now, can't be fixed?" He paused waiting for an answer that didn't come. "Are you crying again?" I shook my head again, but my eyes were leaking around the edges. Sniff. "This meant so much to all of us. I'll probably get kicked out of the band for this. SHIT!" I went and sat down on the curb of the street, burying my head in my hands. I could hear Gary walk over and sit down next to me. "Thih is very futhed up," I. ............................................I woke early next morning, well that's not really true, because in truthI had not had a lot of sleep. The kiss from Graham had been replayed inmy mind all night, what had Emma seen did she see everything, did shenotice the lingering of the kiss, did she notice her kiss on the cheek asopposed to mine on the lips, or even possibly nothing at all.One thing was for sure there was no reason to keep lying here. I got upand had a shower dressed and did my. Silence followed.“Everyone, the Glowworm has arrived in orbit around Crucibleat. All citizens have requested their pod sites down on the planet and drops will commence immediately. Please secure any loose items,” the AI announced.I carefully turned Angelique so she was sitting securely in my lap. “I’ve got the most important item secured,” I said confidently. “Minions, it’s your job to secure the rest.”I could feel my ladies roll their eyes as they got to their feet. “Ignore him,” Ashley said.