A look of harassment on his face. The woman stood in front of him, arms akimbo and fists on her hips.Both the Sheriff and the woman stared at Joshua. ...olding his hands up in surrender, he said. “Please continue. My business isn’t life-threatening and can wait.” As the woman turned back to the Sheriff, Joshua stepped up to the coffee pot on the Franklin stove and poured himself a cup of coffee. Looking over to Clive, the boy shook his head. Taking a sip of the bitter brew, Joshua realized that. Half of them ran towards the base of the ramp and places staffs of power in the sand and soil, locking the bridge in place.With this completed, one of those that had stayed at the sphere stepped back into it. A minute later, massive flying machines held in the air by gasbags almost the size of the gateway came pouring through. Thousands of flyers, large and small all raced to the nearby land. They had to hurry, they had a limited fuel supply and lifting gas supply and it would not last long on. No matter what. As Louise rounded the corner she saw a young lad, the same age as Ralph sat on the floor by the door, she knew this was the guy who fetched the porter. She took a seat at the other side of the room, not knowing what to say. It very quickly became awkward between them, so Louise coughed lightly and asked “Have you told his parents?”“yup, they said 30 minutes” he replied lamely.Silence descended on the pair again, Louise was getting the feeling that she didn’t like his guy, and. "Did you have plans this afternoon?" C'mon, what is it?" Since I am stuck here at the mall, can you take Christine down to the pool? She and I were going to go, but..." she trailed off.I thought about it. It beat watching TV. "Um, okay." Really?" Sure, I haven't gone in a couple of weeks. It's better than what I had planned." Cool, I'll call her and tell her, and then you guys can make plans." I don't know her number," I told her."I'll have her call you. Thanks! Bye!" Bye," I said, as she hung.