“Hmm…” she groaned.Immediately realizing what I was doing, I yanked my hand back. I had no clue what came over me. I must have been tired, I tho...ught, I always act weird when I'm tired. I thought I should go back to sleep; I’ve met her and there’s nothing wrong with Chloe’s mom, I was ready to go.“I’m so sorry, ma’am—Nalia. I don’t know—I really should go back to—”“You’ll stay.”Her voice had changed into a stricter tone; commanding. I knew I could simply go back to Chloe’s room but for some. "I missed you, too," she said, her voice ringing with the utter sincerity that only made me feel lower.On the way home, she talked about visiting her grandmother, and I resolutely avoided any discussion of my weekend. Instead, I talked about Monday's ball game, and the fun I had with her mom's present. When we reached her house, I grabbed her suitcase from the trunk and started to walk up the sidewalk."Ahem," she cleared her throat and I turned to see her standing by the car. "The flowers?". “I’m sleepy, can’t I rest on you?” She smiled at me, slowly closing her eyes. Looking around, I saw that quite a few people were staring at us. Usually, Julie sat in the back with a few friends and I sat somewhere in the middle with my Mp3 player. Besides that, we never really hung out together at school that much, only when we were in the same class, which was rare. I didn’t bother trying to explain what was going on now; I knew people would believe whatever they wanted anyway. I sighed,. Mike then beamed out gently to Miklit, 'Calmly, Friend, calmly. I take it that this is pleasing to you?'With it's gyrations beginning to diminish and it's mental shouting scaling back somewhat, Miklit sent, 'Forgive me, companion, but the shock of being plunged into my Home and Nest environment was just too much of a surprise.' This was sent while Miklit's olfactory organ clusters were still doing a great imitation of a furnace bellows. 'I almost expected to see Alpha-1 in greeting pose, or.