Bad decision.” I was positively ravenous. I had some honeyed grain and dried fruit stored somewhere. My belly thought that my throat had been cut. I... slowly sipped water and ate my fruit confection that had been put up in mid-summer. I sat on my chair and pulled on my britches. What had happened? They were too short by over a handspan. Still, I pulled them on, took up my knife and made my way to the smoke house. I was prepared to put some muscle into carving free a piece of dessicated meat to. "Hey babe." She dropped the bags on the floor. "Do you still have the medallion?" Right here." Dan went to the kitchen and opened up thefreezer. He pulled out the gift box, dusting frost off ofit."You put it in the freezer?"He shrugged. "Well, if I was looking for jewelry, Iwouldn't look there." Whatever. Sit on the couch." Jenn started digging throughthe smaller of the two bags. "I think I have this figuredout." What do we do?" Well," She set on the coffee table the Britney Spearsglasses and a. ‘I’m Trace, from up the road. You must be Kat.’ He stepped up onto the porch and came in front of her, extending his hand. ‘It’s nice to meet you.’ Kat’s breath caught as he grasped her hand. She briefly noticed he just automatically called her by her nickname, but for some reason she didn’t correct him like she did most people. Maybe it was her new found appreciation for the simple things. Maybe she was letting her hair down. Maybe she was in love with him. Kat smiled to herself. Trace’s hand. We don't have to go play videogames or go to the mall."Terry's eyebrow raised. "Uh, sure. Yeah. That would be great. Lead theway!"Tuesday, Wednesday, and most of Thursday, Terry practiced with theWildcats. He and Zoe shared all their licks, their solos, and their guitarwork. The whole band got charged up playing Terry's newest songs.Tiffany shared all the vocals with Lisa. As the band listened to Terrysing his new songs, Tiffany stopped them with an idea. She turned tohim."Hey, Terry. Why don't.