" Then he came to a quick stop and dropped his feet to the ground. "No kidding? Well alright then, let's give it a try. Emergency pilot retrieval, dim...nsional fold, activate!" Matt and his bike promptly vanished in a burst of light.- - -"Well, they do say to fight fire with fire," Cheer Raider said."Wouldn't that be just a metaphor?" asked the squeaky voice in her head."Not tonight it isn't." Then she switched to a shout, "Hey, ugly! Over here!" The creature was insectoid in form, same as the. .." Mom trailed off for a moment before continuing. "Want to tell me what Jenny was doing at the airport?" Um... Well, you see..." I tried to figure out what exactly to say, but none of it sounded right in my head, so I just blurted it out. "She and I are kind of back together, but it is more like Faith and Jenny are dating, and only come to me when they need more."I cringed, waiting for mom to start berating me for a fool, but she didn't."I see..." I looked up at her as she took a sip of her. I’m falling in love with don’t you even think that I’m going to stop feeling the way I do and don’t try to kick me out again, unless you really don’t want to be with me. I’m not sure what will happen next. This is new for me, you see. I’m a little nervous. I’m even a little scared but you know what? All that doesn’t matter I know that we can face this together. I feel stronger with you, Sunaina, and not so alone anymore.She looked up at me. The tears welled up in both of our eyes. We embraced,. " Don't you need it?" I don't think so. The Great Serpent didn't tell me that I needed it." The Great Serpent? You're weird!" Perhaps. You are quite pragmatic."Weena glared at me a bit."She's the family cynic," Alice said."I can see that. But she should be more open to things that are unfamiliar. That the earth was a sphere revolving around the sun was lost between the ancient Greeks and the sixteenth century, but it was so anyway. Bruno was burned at the stake in 1600; Galileo was sentenced by.