"Where's yours? Dr. Frost can hold it." I replied."Which one? Him or me?" he replied, nicely answering the related question."The other one will do fin...e." I put the money into the elder Frost's hand and repeated the process. Once again he got to celebrate victory a bunch of times but not officially. At the conclusion I took the money from Dr. Frost."Lucky bastard." The young Frost whined."Thank you gentlemen, it has been my pleasure. Maybe some other time." I turned and walked into the. I think I made progress. "It's OK," I said. "We all get drunksometimes. I was the same way last week. We're all lucky to have goodfriends." I did this last week too. We were both drunk at that party. I should'veknown better. I was sick all weekend. Having a busted nose didn't helpmy hangover." Yeah. I'm truely sorry about the nose. But yeah, that stuff of Tim'sis not right. Don't get alcohol from him again. My best friend told mehe was bad news. I got into a fight with him about it. . When the creatures spoke, they all spoke at once. Despite this, theirvoices weren't in unison - it was like they were all reading from thesame script, but starting at different times."I am the Eight," they said."I'm Loren," I said.I wasn't certain what else could have been said in the situation."I am aware of who you are, Loren. But I did not know you were also anenlightened being," the Eight said."Uhh," I said."You are not an enlightened being, are you?" the Eight asked, with ahint of. I am worried about what will be said about Kelsey. I look over at her and although I can see her laughing and joking around, I can see that she is still hurting. Sometimes her hand shakes, or for a second her eyes show sadness. After dinner I clean up while Kelsey says she has a little homework to finish up. I watch as she leaves the room. I hope she will be all right tomorrow.Kelsey It’s not that I had homework to do so much as I needed to get away from everyone. I head into my room and shut.