Maybe 5 in the morning and started to dream about her... well actually I dream t about us, and what life would be like if we were together. It started...with her coming to visit me. I drove to the airport to pick her up. I was so scared, so nervous, and I kept thinking she wouldn't like me or something... but then I saw her it was like time stood still, when she saw me she dropped her bags and we started running to each other embracing each other for what seemed like forever, then I picked up her. Did I just screw it all up? No, he reassured himself after a minute’s reflection, he didn’t think so. Connie was a fairly early riser, even on weekends, and probably hadn’t wanted to wake him after he’d been so exhausted. Would she talk about what happened? He was willing to bet not, at least not right away. After analyzing the situation, and what he knew about Connie, he decided it was best to wait before talking, and certainly before confessing his feelings. If he told her now, he was sure. My parents live an hour away from me, and last weekend the whole family decided to spend the weekend there for my brother’s birthday. He, his wife and two kids, my sister, her husband and my parents all were there.The first night was just a typical family birthday night. A big meal, a couple board games, catching up on everyone’s current affairs. Everyone changed into their cozy clothing after dinner, and I spent a fair amount of time sneaking careful glances before deciding Marie wasn’t. It was then that she heard about Mothers.Mothers, she was told, gave birth to the Warriors and Valkyries.She had never understood why the marriage of her parents was so odd. Never understood why her father shouldn’t have decided to settle down with her mother. On that day she heard that she was not destined to become a legend, a Valkyrie to lead armies, to wipe out whole empires. She had decided to become one, but she would never be a leader. That was bestowed on the children of Mothers.The.