By the time dinner was served Emily was already drunk on her feet in an attempt to bury her nerves. She was counting down the minutes and then cursed ...erself for thinking of those hands, those eyes, and all the things she spent two months trying to bury. Then she got the text message that the plane carrying the team from New York was delayed. They wouldn’t be getting in until early the next morning if they were lucky. She spent the rest of the night playing cards with her other co-workers and. After all that time, to just come in and tell me it's over! I couldn't believe it. I thought we'd stay together forever. Guess I was wrong." I could see tears welling up in her eyes but she quickly wiped them away. I did reach over to the coffee table and pulled a tissue out of the box and handed it to her. She wiped her eyes with it and crumpled it up in her hands. Before I could say anything thing she said, "But I don't want to talk about that. I want to talk about tonight. Being here. One of us might lose before we ever have a chance to meet." True, but what if we have to fight against each other in the first round?" If that's the case then we fight; and I want you to promise me right now that if we do, you will try your hardest to win. I promise you that I will do the same. If you don't, the win would mean nothing." I don't want to hurt you; but ok, I'll do my best." Good, now finish your coffee, and we can go over to the gym and file our entry forms."When we entered the. So a rather plump middle aged woman, hurrying and trying to get home before the monster got her, came across the little girl. The woman heard the sniffling of tears. Being a mother of five children, she naturally hurried toward to sound. She didnt enjoy hearing little children crying for whatever reason. Oh… are you alright? Are you lost? The woman dropped to her knees in front of the angelic child, her skirt fanning out around her. She leaned forward, touching her shoulder gently. The little.