Who are these guys?”“Oh, this is the state Annoying NIMBYs with Vital Infrastructure Authority.” After the group stopped laughing, I completed i...ntroductions, referring to Alison as. “a girl I went to school with.” She then asked me if I wanted to sit alone with her and talk; after ordering drinks for the two of us I lead her to a side room of the pub where only a few people were sitting.Alison had studied law: she had an interest in consumer law and was working as a paralegal for an accident. By this time, she'd made it to the front of the line and I watched as she chatted cheerfully with the barista while he started filling her order. Her high tinkling laugh drifted to me across the noise of the cafe as they shared some unknown joke. I felt a moment of envy for the man serving her. I wanted to have those green eyes flashing at me – to have that laugh responding to some comment of mine. Then I acknowledged the envy for the foolishness it was and let it fade away.I turned away and. ’ With tentative fingers he carefully pulled the small sparkling chip from the protective casing within the box. Resting it on the tip of his finger, he pulled Cassie in for another deep kiss as he gently placed it on her temple. He could feel the result of her heart pounding, the blood pumping through her body, creating a fast pulse. Leaving his finger against this evidence of her life-force he continued to press his lips against hers. His tongue stroked Cassie’s and soon he felt her rate slow. Saturday would mean digging out. As long as the power stayed on, everything would be all right.At 1:30 am, I was awakened by a pounding on the front door. My groggy state caused me to take some time to cross the small house to the front. I switched on the light to find a former student, John, standing on the porch. The storm had heightened and he was wearing a T-shirt and jeans. He must have been freezing. I opened the door to find him totally drunk missing one shoe. Pulling him in, he.