" Wow, you really seem to have adjusted to it." I know. Now, I'm not sure I'd go back if I could."Jen smiled. "Well, I'm gonna go help Liz." You don...t mind if I skip that, do you?" No. I know how much you hate doing the dishes. Why don't you go in andturn down the bed in Liz's room for our evening's festivities?" That I have no problem doing." I went in to Liz's room (the room we hadagreed to use this night) and folded down the covers on her bed. I triedto get everything perfect for. .."I'm already home sick Alice, I can hardly breathe." Leslie told her sis. "Yeah, it takes a while to pass. I was upside down for about 3 months." "What helped you thru it?" she asked. Alice did that thing with her hair, pushing it behind her ear then running her fingers thru a strand stopping to twirl and twirl repetitively. Something she always did when thinking. "Going home I guess." was her response. Puzzled Leslie did not have to speak, Alice knew she did not understand. Smiling she. Finally, he said: "I'd settle for a kiss."I looked up at the mistletoe, hanging there innocently from the ceiling fan. The red berries, deadly poisonous if eaten, glowed softly with reflected firelight. And then I thought, Why not? Let him get it out of his system."One kiss," I assented. "No tongue, and no touching, either, Paul."This stipulation caused more embarrassment to me than it did Paul, who just nodded eagerly."Anything," he agreed breathlessly. I hadn't even seen him put down his wine. ”“So mote it be,” the man said, holding up a triangle. He struck it with a faint ding.Dey’s jaw popped.Well, that’s... Loki paused, searching for a diplomatic word.“The name’s Captain Gallagher,” Dey said. “You said you’ve got the parts we need.”“Of course, ah, Sister Ga-” the woman said, her brow furrowing at Dey’s tone.“Captain,” Dey cut her off. “I’m not part of this ship, and I don’t come into your houses and tell you what to call people.”The woman’s brow furrowed further. She opened her.