Wade, North Carolina. An old farming community just north of Fort Bragg. Early settlers came here in search of suitable land to grow their crops. Toba...co, cotton, soy beans and the apple orchards that bloom this time of year. I have a pecan tree in the yard and the song of the blue jay comes from it. I live in a little shanty. A small place where relaxing is easy. I read and eat from the same place. A small table just off the kitchen with a window next to it. A small bedroom with a twin bed. They had only been walking about ten minutes when her need for conversation could no longer be denied. The path was too narrow for them to walk side by side, so she was slightly behind Sean as she maintained a hold on his hand and let him lead her through the low tree branches, bushes, and fallen logs littering the ground. ‘Where did you get the nickname ‘Recon’?’ Amanda asked. ‘It’s short for ‘reconnaissance’,’ he told her as he continued to fuss with attempts to keep his hair out of his. I'd hate to lose a battle based on a syntactical error." So," asked Dawn, spinning around as she reached the top of the steep cement staircase that led down the side of the gym to the senior parking lot. "What were you going to say about brevets?" First," asked Thule, "how the hell did you do that?" Do what?" asked Dawn."Walk backwards all the way from the side steps to the parking lot steps and not fall on your pretty, little ass?" You think I have a pretty, little ass?" Dawn asked.Thule shook. Later that night, Uneme positioned himself alongside the bed of Ukyo and knelt down beside him. He placed his hand, lovingly on Ukyo's and clasped it gently. Ukyo turned his head, embarrassed, but he did not dare to let go of the hand he had wished to hold for so long. Uneme rested his head on Ukyo shoulder, the sweet smell of perfume flooded Ukyo's nose and it made him pine even more for Uneme. This was the closest he would ever get to him and Ukyo believed that Uneme was doing this out of.