Didn’t she tell us that many times? He’s her hero. Pathetic individual that he is he made someone proud. Go figure.’ Shane said finally. Sam suc...ed in a deep breath. ‘Yes she did say that. Too many times to count.’ He admitted. ‘Exactly. Go to the shed in the back and get some chairs. May as well make ourselves comfortable while we wait.’ Shane commanded. Foot steps indicated that Sam was hurrying to do as he was told. Shane was obviously used to bossing Sam around. Probably he was the eldest. Think about it. When you were raging, you felt like you were burning up inside, right? Your fight or flight responses have been flipped. These days, you are all fight and no flight, the complete opposite of how you used to be. Not sure if that is a good way to be when you are not actively in combat, but it is what it is.”“The fight urge gets things ramped up, your body preparing for great physical effort, burning energy that makes you hyped, speeds up your reflexes and lowers response time. It. When Josh saw me he literally gaped, his face was priceless, and I’ve had a crush on him forever now it’s my turn to tease. I knew he would never do anything because of how close he is to my brother and I’m “off limits” to his friends so I wouldn’t do anything either. “What? Like what you see Turner?” I smirked at him and threw a playful kiss and jumped into the pool just as Lina walked up to the backyard gate! She ran into Parker’s arms and it was too cute. She jumped in the water and played. .. i guess it's still too early'' i tried to say something. ''Sooner or later, the memory will start fading and we will be once more comfortable with each other, like the old times''. My mother smiled, feeling happy that i finally graced her with a few words after all those days. -''You'll see. Someday, all this will be a bad, distant memory we'll be laughing at'' she said. I smiled back. Then, our faces got abruptly serious. We kept looking at each other, breathing heavily. I felt my mother's.