.." Okay, I got it, I look hot!" Timora gasped, "But this isn't nearly as much fun as I thought it'd be..." You should be glad we're not on old Earth,..." Jax admonished her as he kissed an exposed hip. "I hear the gravity there is four times as strong as it is here. That means you'd weigh over a hundred pounds!" Hey, jerk," Timora argued, glaring at him from upside down. "Don't talk to a woman about how much she weighs. It's rude!" And talking about your spread-eagled legs isn't?" Jax laughed,. Things were going to change after today no doubt and Jade didn't want Freddie to know how much his exit was going to kill her, especially since he was leaving with Sam. They exchanged no words as she hugged Freddie tightly before he headed upstairs.Sam and Jade awkwardly went for a hug which lasted two seconds too long, as Jade whispered into Sam's ear, "If there is a single stain or tear, I will shove a pair of scissors so far up your ass that… well, actually that's bad enough as it is…"Sam. " James said, thinking about the cold weather that she had encountered on her first time around. It had been her first time in snow, and the memory of those white flakes drifting down made her ache for something warm. "I was kinda hoping for down...." "Oh, wow, I had one of those back when I was in college...." Anne smiled at the memory. "I don't think you want purple though, right?" "Naaah. How about one kinda like that green one I used to have as a kid?" James thought about the little green. My boy spent the next hour sitting nearly on my lap, looking out the open windows of the Land Rover we chose for the trip, and greeting everyone we passed with a happy bark.I spent the time thinking about Emily as the fire hydrants took us around the lake. Although she was the perfect girl-next-door, she seemed deeper somehow, or maybe she was holding on to some deep dark secret. Either way, there seemed to be more to her than meets the eye and I desperately hoped to get the chance to discover.