." I ran into a cactus," I complained."You step on it?" Luke asked, lifting my other foot to inspect it too."I see splinters, but..." Sat on it," I ad...itted, and then laughed at myself, and the idea of actually sitting on a cactus. Luke gave me a small smile and then stood up, lifting the flashlight again. I almost lost my balance when he placed a hand on my shoulder and forced me to lean forward so he could shine the light on my butt.I frowned."Hey..." You sure did." It sounded like Luke was. ’ ‘Is there an us?’ ‘I certainly hope so.’ ‘Really?’ ‘You know,’ he said, ‘This Saturday is our anniversary.’ ‘What do you mean, our anniversary?’ ‘Saturday night it will be 2 years year since we first met in this chatroom.’ ‘How do you know that?’ ‘I kept track, silly. Meeting u was important 2 me.’ ‘That’s very sweet of u gingerman. I swore I would never date again, but u r changing my mind.’ Despite that the computer would not show her emotions as her face might, he somehow detected a hint. Your school was good, your grades incredible, your brother was coming back and your parents were awesome. You felt a swelling of pride at having everything seem to work well. There was such beauty in the world. Skipping to one of the nearby benches, you came to a stop, dropping your pack next to the bench you stepped over to the nearby fountain, sipping away at the water as if your life depended on it. One bad thing you had going on was you frequently neglected to drink enough water to keep. I just dropped it in the trash in the roadside park. I felt like they wanted to keep the basic computer long enough to send it to a pro for analysis."I had to get you a new computer," Barry said. "That's why it took so long." Oh why do I need a new computer?" I asked."Ask Ms Green, not me," he said."I'm sure they are looking for clues to see if they can figure how to deactivate my 'You kill me, I kill you' system. I said with a smile. I would be," I said. The whole lie thing was complicated,.