’ There was a phone number at the bottom. That was nice of her, thought Ellie, and she had had a good time. Setting down the note, Ellie picked up t...e box. It was about a foot long and three or four inches wide, with no markings of any kind. She couldn’t imagine what it was, or what had moved Anna to give her a gift. Shrugging mentally, Ellie opened the box to find a thick layer of tissue paper, which she pulled out. She was shocked to see what was underneath, and quickly set the box back down. “Maybe you should have waited to shower.” She laughed, pulled one of the blankets from the bottom of the bed over them. Mark reached over and snapped off the light. Rachel snuggled against him and fell into a happy sleep. ******** As if the nights Rachel took one class weren’t hard enough on her, the one night a week she had 2 classes was just about unbearable. By the end of the second class, it was 11:30. There were only a handful of people in the class and by the. “Oh?” “My company had quite a few mages in the past. Commanding them is nothing new to me.” She reached into her pack, pulling out a wrapped loaf of bread and tearing a chunk from it. “It is good to know I am in good hands.”“So, tell me a little about what you can do.” She asked, taking another bite. “Before that though, do you have food?”“Yes, I do. I am not hungry right now, though.”“Make sure you eat before you sleep. We won’t be sticking around long in the morning. But that aside, tell me. Melissa leaned her head towards me to give me a kiss on the cheek. My little sister, she was a year younger than me, ended up kissing me on the mouth as I turned my head just as her lips were about to touch my cheek. It was a good kiss but still a brother and sister kiss, close mouthed, no tongue.This just wouldn’t do. Not at all. I sent some thoughts Mum’s way. She leaned down to give me a kiss on the mouth as well. But her kiss pushed the boundaries of a typical mother son kiss. The next one.