Another sip of his drink saw it finished and he stood to leave. No point in delaying things. He would travel to Fissure this very night. === Theirs wa... a cozy, well-off sort of home. Miners were paid well in Fissure to compensate for the long, exhausting hours of potentially dangerous work. The living room’s floor was layered with so many rugs that Phyre’s feet barely made a sound as she walked through and sank onto a padded chair in the corner. She let her voice wander around and take in. I mean, really, on a purely physical level, Savannah has me beat on all fronts.”“Superficially, yes. But only superficially, as I trust we shall prove to you tomorrow evening.”“I certainly hope so,” Evangeline said, grinning. “And everyone thought that’s how two teenagers would view things. Yeah, she’d be a pain, but the two of you – specifically Jason – would be so in lust with her that it wouldn’t make any difference.”“So, why did you suspect we weren’t ‘normal teenagers’?”“I did my research,. "Oh Tim, this is so wonderful! Oh thank you, thank you!" she said. Tim saw the tears rolling down her face as she leaned in to kiss him. He held the girl as they kissed for several long moments. After the kiss had ended, he walked her over to the bench and she sat down. "I have one more surprise for you," he said, and walked around the back of the bench and puled a picnic basket from behind the cherry blossom tree. "This is why I said we'd get together so early today. I thought you'd like a. .. I’m not out to any of my Central Coast crew and this was like a kick in the guts. Alex must have seen the look on my face and quickly assured me that it was all OK and that it was nobody elses business and he would keep my secret. He also has read enuf of the blog to know that “It is OK Dave, you like girls too.” That was pretty much the extent of the conversation.I was pretty nervous for a few days wondering if Alex would share my ‘secret’ with my friends but I heard nothing.It was a few.