"Look, I just wanted to apologize for what happened yesterday and how I acted. I let my anger get the better of me and it was extremely uncalled for a...d inappropriate. I guess what I'm trying to say is...I'm sorry." I said.She turned the volume down on the TV and turned to face me on the couch."What I did was wrong too, John. I now realize that you could have gotten in a LOT of trouble if we had been caught. Well, we were caught but I mean if, like, my parents had caught us. So it's not like. ----Champaigne glasses clinked as the first phase of the work finished. Thecombination of Croft's spellware and GeneAd's nanomachines had quicklyand efficiently broke down the pair, and allowed a fusion impossible byeither device to do, with the added bonus of allowing further changes tobe made mid-spell.The chairman spoke with authority. "As previously established, we willbe addressing diversity complaints by Mister Johns. Considering we haveno women in the STEM portion of business, we. Walking around and seeing the rebuilding efforts, the tributes, and thememorials touched me. I didn't know any of the people whose lives hadbeen drastically changed that day. I didn't know any of the people whohad lost their lives. But the overwhelming feeling of despair that Iexpected to feel surrounding the area was not there. There was still asolemn hush to the area, but what surrounded us there was enoughprogress toward moving forward that it gave hope for the future. I hadtears in my eyes. That was a prime opportunity for a thank you hug or kiss on the cheek, but that wasn't in the plans. I thanked her for coming and told her I hoped she would again. The four of us met again twice more that week, and each time it ended with just a goodbye. Neither of us had yet to cave and asked the other one out.On Friday she asked me what I was doing that weekend and I told her that Sgt Roy Bartmess was having a going away party at the Lazy J in town Saturday night. Like me, he was being.