Though I doubt it'll last.Vera sighed putting the controller down "I want to take a break for now." Vera said"Alright." I said just a little nervous. ...era threw her arms behind her head and looked at the ceiling like she was mulling something over "So what now?" She asked turning to meVera was throwing me nothing but curve balls all day "Wah? I-I uh... well-" -Come on, you've got a funny video or something right?" Vera asked"Uh I guess." I said bringing up youtube putting on the first video in. So, I screwed my eyes shut and waited for Sue to pick up and deliver whatever ‘Dear John’ words she’d prepared.But what I heard made me jump ten feet in the air. It wasn’t Sue’s voice that I heard. What I heard was Sue’s phone ringing from another part of the house.At first, I wasn’t elated, I was just downright confused. Why would her phone be somewhere else in the house, when she herself wasn’t here in our bed, where she’d promised to be?I slowly gathered my wits and tried to get over my. " The cat purred and rubbed itself on my legs. "Wellhe likes you." There was a pause, I realised that I had never told hermy name, I was not sure what to do, and went very red in the face."Don't worry my dear," she said, "I know you're really a young manunderneath your clothes, so what should I call you?"I went even redder than I was, I started to stammer. "Thomas." No," she said, "your girl name. I can't call you a boy's name ifyou're looking like a girl, can I silly."Very quietly I said,. She wouldn't have time to fix her hair, so up it went into a bun and out the door she went.Once she was out the apartment front door, the cold air struck her like a hammer. Winter was steadily moving into the region, and the weather was changing for the worse. Her breath was caught as she walked to her car, hoping the seats were warmer then usual. She would need to move to beat morning traffic on her way to work, though hopefully most of it had moved on by this point. Other, responsible adults.