"Hi, Chris? It's Warren. We just heard." He talked to her for a while, then hung up. "She's absolutely inconsolable," he told Sophie. "Completely deva...tated. One good thing--her boyfriend wasn't on duty. He got called down there, of course, but it was pretty much over by then." Warren took a breath. "Apparently, her brother got four terrified young skaters out of the building--but the smoke overtook him before he could get out." Wow." Wow is right. He was 31. Left a wife and three small. Before she could say anything he asked the girl, “how did you know my name? And while we are on the topic of names, what is yours?” The girl said, “my name is Irina, but we don't have time for questions right now we must get out of here we are not safe yet once we are I will begin to explain everything to you, I promise.” Mike agreed, and Irina said, “I think I have enough energy from the blood you gave me to change form, but you are still very weak you will need to feed so we can travel. I commended him for that, and let my lips off his after ten seconds. We both just smiled at each other, but then we turned our heads to the opening again."Hey, you can't just kiss my best friend, Mom," Pete whined, coming towards us.I giggled and kissed him. "Feel free to kiss him; I don't mind."He grinned for a few seconds, but then went to Joe. "That's my mom, bastard," he branded Joe before pressing his lips onto Joe's.Their lips stayed together for over ten seconds, and I was sure they had. In the beginning, he had not had a lot of contact with Sophie, but his outstanding work ethic had seen him promoted to a more senior position that required more frequent consultation with her. Like most of the other staff, he was unaware of his manager’s underlying shyness, unaware that she shared some of the anxieties he felt in certain social situations. Matt was not a virgin, but his experience with women was limited, because of his shyness. As a result, he was never sure if she was.