The book was thick and leather bound. The age-browned pages were heavy and stiff. More diagrams, runes and paragraphs but in a foreign script this tim...e. I recognised some of the symbols from the notebook and on closer inspection it transpired that the notebook was a translation. I leafed through the pages of both books. They matched page for page until the last page. The last page of the great tome was torn out. Curiously, its translation appeared fully in the notebook. I placed the books back. You won't ever find anything like this again. I just hate that it's ending, because it's not something we can just replace. "I don't know. Am I being selfish? Probably a little, right? I mean, if you leave us and this all ends, I'm going to miss it. But I guess I can't really blame you for wanting to be with someone who fits you the way you need. But I'd hate it if all this came to an end for nothing- like if two or three months later, you split up. You've never been in a real relationship,. There are a great many things you can do with yourself on this plane of existence Glory, You can become a guide like myself. Or you could ascend to the upper world after a time and learn all there is to know in paradise. And of course, you can go back and do it all again with a new life.” Looking at my face thoughtfully she began again. “Of course, with your opting to go back you’ll have to relive some of your more unfortunate moments as well as those beautiful ones you just recalled. The. “Oh, it’s amazing” Amanda said grinning and giving a peck to her boyfriend. “Don’t worry, I’ve been with lots of partners and never came multiple times, think some people just can’t” Maria added.It was John’s turn and it landed on me. I chose truth to start soft. The question was what was my most embarrassing hook up story to date.“Well most of you don’t know, but me and Maria actually hooked up in the first month of college and at a party”.“Oh my gosh Maria, who haven’t you hooked up with?!”.