" He'll be out of luck then, won't he? You're my man, you know that!" But does he, Codi?" Oh, give over and kiss me, Mack, before I loose my temper wi...h you."The following morning at breakfast the Wanker asked me if I'd book them a table for dinner that night at a restaurant at the other end of the valley. They even invited Codi and me to join them for the meal.Their plan was to spend the whole day skiing from the top of one lift to the bottom of the next. They'd work their way slowly down the. " She patted the terrapin's head again. "In the last week, I've filed a record number of reports at work, argued both on the phone and in person with my parents, argued with our guitarist, and picked up a boyfriend. A hockey-playing boyfriend." She shook her head. "It doesn't feel quite real." When she got no response, she shrugged and leaned against the statue's base and waited for Evan. It had only been a week, but so far Brody hadn't done any of the things she might have expected from a. After flying her about five or so yards,Max's graceful and majestic eagle decided to explode. It was a big onetoo. If Max had been conscious for the whole thing, she would've beenimpressed.***"Time to wake up, Sleeping Beauty. Sweet! I finally got to say it."Max groaned. She had one hell of a headache. Being in the middle ofhuge explosions tended to do that to her. She slowly began to open hereyes, allowing them to adjust to the light. As she saw hersurroundings, the truth quickly dawned her.. And now Caroline was his future and he couldn’t have dreamt of anything better than waking up next to her every morning. Love. It was a word he’d never quite understood until meeting her. It had just seemed like something you professed to a girl to make her drop her guard and kiss you. He’d never quite thought he’d be one of those men who felt the sentiment literally pumping around their veins. His blood warmed and his heart pounded every time he saw her. To him, she exemplified perfection. .