"N-no, we just talked for a while. As a matter of fact I was going to give him a kiss goodnight for being such a nice guy for taking me home and he ju...t gave me a hug instead. He's not gay, is he?" No. At least I don't think so." Do you think he'd ... oh, never mind."Why did I feel like I was right back in high school again? Beth's mice, my rats, and the two of us in the middle."Val, do you want me to find out how he feels about you?" For the first time since I'd met her, she turned beet red. I. Then she added, "Oh. Tonight Terrance and I are going out."It's a dinner, dance party."We won't be back till late."If you would get dinner ready for the boys, you can have the rest of the evening off."Carmina nodded her head and replied again, "Yes, Madam." Something simple like spaghetti will do," Gina added. "For the weekend, there are lots of leftovers from the last party. So the boys should be fine." Yes, Madam," Carmina repeated once more as Gina moved toward her bedroom to shower and get. ‘You ok? X’ He smiled, a girl who jumped straight to leaving x’s on their messages were usually interested, ‘Yeah, just chilling, wbu?’ ‘I’m ok thx, just relaxing, watching TV x’ Me too, what you watching?’ ‘Just the after talk from one of the centaur races x’ Jason glanced up at his screen, a centaur, roughly nine foot tall and built like a tank was grinning, speaking to a reporter who was stood on a set of steps holding a microphone up to him, discussing his win, ‘Me too lol, It’s crazy how. Anti-tank guns, RPGs, you get the idea. And that’s before they encounter our heavy-machine gun nests and our armor. And the gunships. Let’s not forget the gunships,” I reflected.‘And snipers,” Anne added.“Yeah, those, too,” I agreed, “though as a nurse, I’m torn. I can’t help but think of all of the pain, all the death, the maimed soldiers who will be lame for life. The rest of me thinks, ‘nah, they’re Kluckers, so fuck ‘em.’ That’s the inner conflict inside me.”“Still, that’s some mother’s.