It's meant to be a 'thank you' from Heather and me." Ron stated as he handed the envelope to Dave. Dave took his arm from Ann's shoulder and opened th... envelope. There were three tickets in the envelope along with three plastic holders and strings. When Dave looked at the tickets he couldn't believe he saw the words 'Back Stage Pass' and 'Sum 41'. Heather moved to Ron's side and they both smiled at the three excited teens in front of them. Dave's smile was infectious and soon the girls joined. I wasn’t going to lead her on, but I wasn’t going to push her away.“To be honest, I want you to do it with me tonight, but I also want to be your friend. Maybe there’s something more between us, maybe not. If we stay friends, anything can happen. If you were going to be here, it might be different. I don’t want to mess up a friendship with sex just for the sake of sex. I had sex for the sake of sex before, it wasn’t any fun.”She drove me home, and I gave her a soft kiss on the lips and a hug. ’ She was having difficulty finishing what she was going to say. ‘I guess I just thought about the opportunity to have my own man, instead of being passed around, and I liked it.’ ‘You didn’t want to be one of these fucking courtiers or whatever?’ ‘No.’ ‘Well, why don’t I just release you. Say the magic fucking words and let you be on your way. Make like a tree, and leave. All that shit.’ ‘It won’t work like that. I’m too valuable of an asset for them to drop. Either they, or their competitors,. "My brother is here."I looked at Elijah."Deep-level, sir," he said. "The plane is clean."A couple of minutes later, the door opened and five people almost as old as the Director stepped onto the steps leading to the ground. Four of them walked down and approached us."Are you the one the Prophet called the Director's Hope?" their leader asked staring at me."Yes, he is," Sarah answered. "How did you hear that name?" A missionary came," the old man replied. "We have brought you a Gift."I nodded,.