Her groan was interrupted by a deep indrawn breath, which became a scream as she tried to cover her eyes to keep the vision of that ball of fire away...."NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"By the time he got to her she was a basket case, hysterical, her hands waving in front of her. He caught her as her waist was letting her fall. He couldn't pick her up, so he sank to the floor, pulling her upper torso across his and holding her tightly to him. She fought him for a few seconds, but then collapsed against him."I. She turned and stormed away without her vitamin water. I rubbed my cheek with my hand, trying to figure out what the hell just happened. As she left the gift shop I yelled, ‘What? I just meant you have nice melons.’ I shook my head and continued quietly, ‘ya crazy, cro-magnon bitch.’ I walked up to the counter to find the girl laughing and tried her best to blurt out, ‘Oh my God, she slapped the shit out of you.’ ‘Yeah, yeah, just ring it up there smiley.’ At least someone was enjoying my. ”Tom shook Derek’s hand and hugged him. Derek grabbed his jacket and headed out of the club to the Cafe down the street. It was a crisp fall morning in Downtown, New Medusa. The streets were crowded with people, as usual, going about their day. The Honeybee Cafe was just a block away from the club. Derek always started his morning with a cup of their delicious Hazel Nut Coffee. Since he was going to be away for a week, he decided he was going to treat himself with a cup of coffee and a Danish.. AuntHanna. Aunt Hilda. Cousin Betty. Cousin Shirl. And especiallyBrutella, because you're the one holding that all-to-familiar paddle."He honestly couldn't believe it had only been three days since hisarrival. Jimmy tried to turn his frown upside down but only succeeded inmaking his red-lipsticked lips, formerly so quick to express his bad boypersona of naughtiness, disobedience, and making unpleasant noises,twitch.******Is six months a long time? It seemed like six years, or 72 months,.