No fear. The following chapters are greatly influenced by reader votes and feedback, so please, do just that. Enjoy. –Kyoketsu Shoge ************* B...efore that day, I wasn’t sure whether or not I loved her. What matters is that, between the present and that morning, there were events which changed both of us, and our entire class, for better or for worse. I shall attempt to recount the details. They are…not to be missed. I felt that something bad would happen that day. Maybe that’s why I had. The dresser, armoire and nightstands were all colonial-style pieces, but in the middle of the room was a Japanese-style four-post bed that stuck out like a sore thumb. Alan took her suitcase, set it in a corner and then went back out to the kitchen before she could ask him about it. She followed him and sat down at the table while he prepared their meal. She poured them each a glass of red wine and watched him indulgently. He was so handsome. First he hard-boiled two eggs and then set them. I still had last night on my mind and was hoping for another ritual like it but I knew deep down that it would never happen again. The coffee came, and with it, a hell surprise.‘Here you are sir, a nice hot steaming coffee.’ Said a familiar voice. I looked upand there was Khana. It was she who’d brought it to me. She was dressed in a waitress’s apron and looking sexier than ever.‘Hey Khana, what are you ding here?’ I asked excitedly.She smiled at me putting her index finger over her lips making. Do we really need a hundred? Well, yes, I suppose we are heading in that direction.As we watched the Halcyon Twin-Otter circling to land, DeDe turned to me."Can you ask that man you were telling me about, Gunter, I think his name was, to get me some more of those? Take care."Then she was running off to jump into the plane which hardly stopped rolling before turning and taking off again.I was standing, watching the plane carrying my oldest friend as it climbed to gain altitude to clear the hills.