These usually took an hour or two, or more if she was in the mood. They hadn't seen each other in a month because of the enforced full lockdown. Blue ...ucking balls.In fact, he cursed himself too for having agreed to move in with Claire two years before. A female roommate—awesome! Until he realized how her hair kept clogging the drain and instead of roaming around in sexy underwear, loose shirts and an Instagram-grade bed hair and that oh-so natural makeup, she'd always wear shabby sweatpants. How many times do you get to play with guys you only see on TV? Pretty soon, the public address system announced, "Tables, Ladies and Gentlemen."I sat at my place and checked my name tag. Oh shit, it said, "Dr. Salvatore Feeny". I didn't need that. As I sat, all of the players were recognizing each other and shaking each other's hand. One of the guys said, "That's a mouthful, Dr. Feeny, how about 'Sal'?"I was nodding and smiling when another of the famous card players asked, "What kind of doc. Kal bent down and fed magic into the healing rune making it glow then pushed the healing magic into Emrick.“Kal, what are you doing?” Perra asked, confused by his actions.“I can’t get him to swear to leave you alone if he isn’t awake,” Kal replied. The healing magic filled Emrick completely the same way it had with Kal’s mother earlier that day, Kal could see a lot of what appeared to be bruising that was already fading away even with the little bit of power he was using. The largest injuries. "I think it's all finished," replied Christie, kicking herself inside.She kissed Liam's cheek desperate to not let the passion end because of her carelessness, as she saw it."I have an idea," said Liam and he bounced off Christie and exited the bedroom.Christie felt disappointed not to have Liam there and felt empty now he was gone. 'Boy, I'm in deep,' she thought to herself.Liam returned less than a minute later, but which seemed like forever to Christie, with a tub of margarine.Christie.