I keep hearing whispered conversations between various women that break off when I am in earshot. Some of those girls are insanely jealous of us both ...nd especially you because their boy friends prefer us to them. And that cow Jenkinson (do you know? I heard the most amazing rumours about her and a dog - horrible!) I'm sure she has something nasty in mind - and that loathsome Colonel - what Uncle sees in him, I can't imagine!" Of course they all have it in for me, my darling. This Fete is their. " Why are you sorry," I growled."Donno, it's just one of those things I always say."Relenting from my anger, I asked, "Why are you here instead of at the program?"She paused a moment, then replied, "I waited outside the gym for a while looking for you, not like I was going to actually talk to you or anything, but when you didn't come I decided to check the usual places people go to skip. I didn't find you in any of those, so, feigning nausea to sneak past a teacher, I hurried in here and. “With no clothes?” Eli asked.“I can answer that, Marshal. I want to sleep the rest of my life with Caleb and never wear clothes to bed. I love him so much I hurt in my heart. I can’t stand for him to even walk away from me to go pee,” she said, laughing when Caleb laughed aloud.“I’m not sure I want to know about all that. I can tell that both of you have fun, even when you go relieve yourselves.”“We do, Marshal. He stays close to me when I pee. He said you told him and the other Bucks to never. "Okay." I think I was just a little..." she tried to explain."I know lonely. The loneliness of accepting. The loneliness of doubt." Yes." But that will change." I hope," she said before leaving. Her back straight, but the droop of her shoulders made her seem wounded.He watched her go. Ellen wasn't a demon or an angel. She was just someone looking for the things that everyone looks for. Trying to fly somewhere in the middle where humans have enough trouble dealing with human things.The party was.