"No wait, I wasn't holding it for her. Just making sure she wouldn't bother me again. Oh I was really getting annoyed with this woman. Why was it so i...mportant to her that I wait?As I sat there contemplating the situation, I could feel the beginnings of a cramp come on.She somehow could sense my discomfort. "So tell me dear, does it hurt sitting there hold it in?" Yes it hurts" I blurted out frustratingly. "It really really hurts. Please, why cant I just pee?" I could hear her giggling on the. As she thought it wasa simple ?" copper pipe with a soldered connection. She made a listof the things she would need, a new valve, a propane torch, flux andsolder, and sandpaper and a small wire brush, and a pipe cutter and afoot of 3/4" copper pipe and two connectors in case they had topatch. She also listed a large pair of plyers to turn and pull hotpipe and a temporary seal in case she couldn't get the solder jointtight, so she could do a temporary fix until a plumber could bearranged.They. "Shit, I sure hope I'm ready for this." Chuck thought aloud as he returned to his office to get some work done. Chuck hadn't even realized that the day had slipped away and night had fallen. His eyes burned from the constant exposure to the computer monitor. He heard the TV in the family room and found Britney watching a sitcom that had far too adult situations for her to be watching. "Hey, turn that crap off." he said picking up the remote as he searched for a more appropriate offering.. "They are visiting for what? To see how we are interacting with Humans?" Sebbun asked."Yes." Diun said."We've sensed them too. The number of visits are increasing. Not a week has gone by in the last six month that we haven't at least felt their presence. They are very closed off, and we rarely even catch a stray thought or emotion. What we do sense is an intense interest, but it's odd..." Chenosh said."What do you mean odd?" Sebbun asked."You would think they would be just interested in us, but.