It's no skin off my snout." What I want", Bert advised sniffily, "is my rib back."Kylie tossed her long brown hair nervously. The only thing that ever... really bothered her in what was otherwise pretty much a life in paradise was the possibility that she might be turned back into a rib (she hadn't enjoyed being a rib at all - the other ribs had picked on her, because she was prettier than they were.) However, only God could do the rib thing, and she was always polite to God. Pissing off Bert, on. "Ready for another round?" she asked, smiling.Mira shook her head. "You're incorrigible." I thought you were going to say 'insatiable.'" That too."Both laughed.Just then Heather's voice came over the intercom. "Katie, can you come downstairs. I need to talk to you." Be there in a minute," she called back."So much for another round," said Katie, with a shrug."I really needed to be going anyway," said Mira.Both quickly donned their cheerleader uniforms."We really must do this again, soon," said. Viola who could not yell at a fly to save her life. ‘So if I hadn’t been here tonight then?’ Rufus shrugged, ‘I’d probably have been here every night till term was over then. I mean, I’d have rung you but I was positive you’d have put the phone down. And coward that I am, I didn’t wanna go to your flat ‘cuz Lorna or even Mykelos would have ripped me another one…this time physical so…’ Kainene began to grin then quickly caught herself. Rufus stared at her as she looked at her books, then at her. He told me to try it again real quick and see if it worked…I did and it crunk up. *sigh* He said, Good. Now hurry up and get home. I have a surprise for you that Im sure youre gonna love. I could hear him smiling through the phone which made me smile. What is it, I wondered. I got excited so I rushed home as fast as I could. I pulled up to the house and hesitated to get out because of the cold…yet I was longing to know what it is this man of mine so had in store. I jumped out of the car and ran.