Damn he thought it felt like that bitch of Alan’s. Appearing outside the sanctuary the champion’s mouth dropped open as he watched everything. Dam... it! She was no longer Hopix! Under the agreement she was free, then he smiled, good this ought to screw Alan up enough to make him an easier target.The champion waited a while then saw an extremely angry Alan leave the sanctuary. Ah! Good now to declare his right to start the battle now.Appearing in front of Alan far from the Sanctuary the champion. His fingers first glided nimbly across the keys as he duplicated the flowing notes he could hear in his mind. Gently brushing the keys, and running up and down the keyboard with light touches he felt a tension begin to grow. Slowly but steadily the tension built as the music began to swell. His fingers that had been gently gliding and lightly touching the keys began to press harder and more insistently, pushing the keys deeply into their beds and driving the music from the sound board and out. Dave?" I couldn't help but tease him, although years of abuse meant he probably didn't even register the taunt. "She's definitely 16, so she's legal, and she fancies me..." Yeah but it's ten years' difference. She'll probably be more hassle than it's worth." Than 'it's' worth? We could be made for each other, Dave. This could be happily ever after." That's what you said about whatsherface - the 40-year-old." Lisa." Yeah, that's the one. Why can't you just find a nice girl your own age?"What he. Sometimes I wonder if I'm imagining the whole thing, and that one day Annie will pop out of existence, never to reappear. Well, if that turns out to be the case, at least I can say it was a beautiful dream and not a nightmare. I wouldn't mind being lost in that fantasy forever.But the arrival of spring wasn't all daffodils and sunshine. First it was Daisy who passed away. I was heartbroken, but Annie didn't view it the way I did. In fact, it was her she who told me Daisy was dead. Apparently.