So if I had been really unhappy several daysago, now I was really happy and smiling a lot and humming my favoritesongs around the house and when Mom a...ked me what had happened and Itold her that Kennie and I were going to a movie on Saturday that madeher really happy and all of a sudden we were hugging each other andcrying tears of happiness. I was so nervous about actually being alonewith Kennie, well, except for the other hundred people in the movietheatre, and what I should wear but Mom took. Astrals can change their features, but my father was a lower ranking astral. Meaning he could only do minor differences like change his hair color. This is how mom and dad came to meet. He was a common worker, she an illegal, both working in the village. Passing each other enough times to recognize and eventually fall in love and be Eternally Forever. Their greatest joy had to be when I was born. It was evident I was a mind mover. If I wanted my bottle and my parents didn’t move fast enough I. And for them to leave three perfectly good, hot cups of hot chocolate means they have something special planned. He sits his cup down next to his chair and stands up deciding to go and do a little spying. He hates waiting, usually getting caught trying to see what they got him for Christmas as they are wrapping gifts. It has gotten harder and harder each year since they usually wait for him to go to work or something before wrapping them. A few years ago they even started tapping the gifts. You'll probably never have any, but you should know what you're missing."I walked up to where Laura was taking a couple's orders, and held up a hand with three fingers extended. She pointed to a couple of tables, and I nodded, and moved that way. She finished up with the couple, and walked towards me."The usual?" she asked, perky as always but with an odd look in her eyes.I shook my head, and said, "No, a glass of santhal, light on the ice, please." Santhal was the Craxill equivalent of iced.