Suzie was fascinated with Biology, and Paul was, more and more, thinking of going into Medicine.Negotiations, of a sort, were conducted, as Mirriam, P...udence and Flo debated Ted’s future fate. Ted was even there for one such session, but his opinion was not asked for. Somehow, all of them knew that he would formalize his relationship with Flo. What shape that would take, was all that remained in question.When Mirriam opened her Christmas present from Bobby, she thought it was going to be. That’s all Kelly could think about as she trudged through the knee deep snow on her way home from another pointless job interview. She hated being cold, and hated snow even more. She figured that’s why her mom and dad decided to move from California up to Washington. She figured they wanted her to move out on her own but would not kick her out. “So they are going to freeze me out?” She thought out loud. She had been doing her best since day one to get a job so she could move back to. ”“Damn, does this sound like it might be it for him?” I asked her.“I think so. Apparently, Friday afternoon, his pain got a lot worse; they had been keeping him comfortable and relatively pain free for a while, but it was much worse yesterday, the palliative care nurse came around, and gave him some morphine, which seemed to help with the pain. At least he seemed to be sleeping peacefully, but in the middle of the night, his heart monitor went off, his heart beat was very slow. He slipped into. After falling back into her ball she raised her head again. "I don't love you and the fact that we don't fuck is proof?" Yes, YES it is! Not having the need to express your love, or the need to feel reciprocated tells me a lot. Can you seriously tell me that you love me? Do you love me to the point where you can swear before God and all of our friends that you will uphold your marriage vows and leave the altar wanting me to take you to the marriage bed and love and please you, and then you me?".