We’re going to a friend’s Halloween party in a few hours and at the moment the only thing I have even resembling a witch is my uncombed hair. Wha... is wrong with me? It’s not so much the costume thing that I’m upset about, it’s more the fact that I’m always do things like this. High school ended four months ago and I’m not going to college because I missed the application deadlines. I’m single because my ex-boyfriend got tired of what he called my ‘flakey nature’. Whatever that means. I just. ”The lieutenant cleared his throat, “I will have him call you back...”I snapped, “Lieutenant I told you who I am. Now you find the commander and you give him the damn comm or I swear I will have you shot.”It was a few moments before the commander came on, “Who the hell...”I growled, “Shut up and listen commander before I relieve you. My name is Morpheus, marshal commander Morpheus. Now I am issuing a class three chem or bio alert and need the marshals building sealed and a containment field. Not after what she said earlier.-------------Earlier this morningI’ve just buttoned up my shirt, zipped up my pants and put my black leather shoes on. While I was reaching for my jacket, I sensed some movement in the bedroom, followed by a “Hey Luv”. It was Lauren, leaning on the frame of the door, only dressed in her bathrobe. “Don’t plan any surprise for tonight” she said. “I know, it’s Valentine’s Day and I usually love the wine and dine, but for tonight, I have other plans” she said with. “She’s almost as tall as I am and still growing. She’s hardly teeny anymore.”“She’ll always be Teeny to me,” Mark replied. “And, I’ll always be around to protect her.” Three year old Mark had called her teeny when they brought Tina home from the hospital and he saw his little sister for the first time. Teeny didn’t mind the nick name, but in her hurry to grow up she now claimed she was ‘almost fourteen’ even though her birthday was more than five months away. Teeny was definitely growing.