Hey, Missy." Hey, Alex." Missy barely acknowledged me as she put her arms around Peter and they sucked face for a couple minutes. I didn't like admitt...ng that I was jealous but I'd be lying if I denied it."Guys! Come on!" I complained after a while and they let up."I'll be round to get you about 6." Peter said, still teasing Missy. "Cool?" Yeah. Cool." I headed to Ballroom rehearsal and let them neck some more with out me.After that, I finally caught up with Lisa on the late bus home. "Ok I. By the time the bar closed, we had all consumed a lot of beer and had been making regular visits to the latrine. The interesting thing was that we never got drunk. We just got pleasantly happy and easily amused by all that alcohol. One thing that was different was that we were able to sleep that night for the first time in months. By the next morning, we were completely recovered from that trip to the bar and were ready to do it again.Just after noon, Alonzo was called from the bar to the. "That was horrible!" she said, shaking her head in dismay. "You have no stage presence!" I did need you on keyboard behind me," he agreed, then with no warning jerked his right arm and the attached Mel to his front. His lips moved in with practiced ease and kissed her, her body molding to his automatically. Amanda watched, as always half amused and half jealous. She never turned away, though, which was good as Mel, despite being good and distracted, shot a hand out to try and tweak the younger. It was a truly heartbreaking moment. In his panic, the boy had turned and twisted so much that the tough, stringy weeds had him bound fast. Try as he might, Ben couldn't tear the bindings away from Simon and before him he saw the life fading from the youngster's eyes. A thousand things went through Ben's mind in that moment. He was supposed to protect his children. He had failed Simon. He wished he could take the boy's place. He wished he could breathe life back into his now limp body.That last.