” I saw the fear in her eyes but she grabbed my hand I lifted her up, and held her close, the demon said in a fading voice, “I won’t be the last... the plans are already into motion. You will fail!” I looked down at it and sheathed my sword and said in a soft voice, “LOVE IS THE ENDING.” With that it burst into ash and vanished, the darkness lifted with it, Sarah back off, then a white light similar to the darkness surround us, then a deep voice said, “Yes Sarah? Why are you calling me….oh, it. There are a bunch of them. And they seem pretty determined on trying to hurt me and my friends." And how many of these kids attacked you each time?" Three the first time, and five in the second." I see. Well, if you think you are in danger, and others are in danger, maybe we should slow your training for your next grade test and start focusing on additional skills that you might need. Let's go! Times a wasting."He was smiling as he led me out of his office.The next morning I found myself waking. And when he told me he loved me, I couldn't stand it anymore and had to kiss him. It was amazing. I wanted to rip off his pants and have him take me right there. I was so wound up, and had gone from mortified to elated, that I didn't care anymore. I wanted to get started right now.After Kay had left on Sunday, I thought about that last 15 years that John and I could've been together, if we hadn't both been congenitally stupid. And for a while I mourned that lost time. But I slowly realized that. ”“Music.”“What music?”“To play before, during, and after the wedding.”“We’ve got birds that will sing for us. In the worst case, we bring over the rooster and it will crow,” Betsy said with a smile.Feeling the onset of a major headache, Charlie rubbed her forehead. It didn’t seem to help in staving it off. She felt a disaster looming on the horizon.She asked, “Food?”“We’ve got enough set aside.”“Dress?”Grinning, Betsy answered, “I’ll get a black leather barbarian babe outfit.”“No!”“Okay, I’ll.