’ ‘When he opened it, he saw a carved book on a pedestal, it had the ancient style of binding and opened to a page in the middle. On one side, th... Robert Frost poem, The Road Not Taken was etched into the page. On the other side a list was etched, of everything I had ever wanted to be.’ Alex stopped his hands from moving and leaned her forehead against his. ‘What did he say?’ He gazed into her eyes, ‘All the possibilities I saw, came true.’ ‘You’re incredibly sweet, you know that right?’ She. Acting like she was grasping something large on both sides, she pulled upwards and a column of stone rose up to about waist level from the floor. She then passed a hand back and forth just above the surface, leaving the stone table perfectly smooth in its wake. Finally, Gerda picked up the two large white crystals, each about the size of one of Kal’s small stew pots, inspected each one carefully with her ruby eye, then placed one of them on the table.She turned and looked at Kal, “You can take. It's fine. I used to do that back home and I'm still the new kid." Like the semester is almost over, and he's so rude," said Vanessa."He's not really a jock anyway. He runs track. Does that even count?" Stop it! It counts," said Tara smiling. "He's cute. He's just maybe abit..." Of a dick? Yes?" Laughed Vanessa as they all cracked up. "So he's luckyhe's cute."Bob stopped pedaling at the edge of the driveway and got off his bike,walking it up towards the house. He was dressed in long baggy. ..night cap and conversation. That would be pleasant...There was the whir and click as the door recognized its key...he pushed inward standing to the side to let her in. Her feet were killing her in those shoes, so she removed them and stepped inside with murmured thanks. It was a nice room in the Uptown area, close enough that if she was called away for an emergency ...wouldn't take long to get there. She heard the click of the door shutting.......then the click of the lock. It took less than.