All those months watching Matt from afar and I never imagined I would get to this point. I warred with myself. Instinct wanted me to deny the invite a...d hide. Curiosity begged me to accept. I picked up the invitation and ran my thumb lightly over the embossed letters. It was such an ornate invitation for a casual occasion. Then again, this was the famous Firemen’s Picnic. I sighed heavily wondering whom I was trying to kid. Of course I would go. I was not a chicken and the curiosity would eat. ” Tom pulled the book out of my hand. “You mean you read these?” he asked surprised. I felt my face turn red. I jerked the book back out of his hand and put it on the shelf. “Well, I have. I mean I don’t make a habit of it, but I have read a few of them.” “Daniel do you like reading them?” I knew it would do me no good to lie to him. He could see right through any front I tried to put up. “Yes if you must know. I do enjoy reading them.” He leaned in and whispered in my ear. “Do you ever do. "Iam very, very eager to learn more, and well, and explore more as well." Until then," she said, taking her laptop and walking toward the doorof the coffee shop, her ample buttocks swaying seductively back andforth as she moved. This was a woman Mark would be interested inbedding, I thought to myself as I watched her leave, and I was equallyinterested in enjoying her as well, I had to admit to myself if I wasto be honest about my feelings."When I got home it was only a little after 3:00 pm and. If you don’t believe me, just ask Tom Hanks.2) It is reminding us that we are all connected and something that affects one person has an effect on another. It is reminding us that the false borders that we have put up have little value as this virus does not need a passport. It is reminding us, by oppressing us for a short time, of those in this world whose whole life is spent in oppression.3) It is reminding us of how precious our health is and how we have moved to neglect it through eating.