When she had been in her heavenly state of being, she often heard the whispers and laughter amongst her peers about the "human" obsession with all thi...ngs sexual. As a quasi-Throne with human appearance, Angela emphasized with the human flotsam and jetsam floating around the peripheral nooks and crannies just shy of the gates of heaven. Her banishment struck her as a trifle severe for her unfulfilled thoughts about the mysteries of human copulation. Only the promise that it would be temporary. I finally give him my address at college and tell him I would enjoy hearing how he is making out. I have an ulterior motive, I could write my parents and with some true information about my life in the army.The bus stops at a diner just as the sun is setting. We are about halfway to my college. Tommy and I share a table while we have dinner. I guess I give him some comforting thoughts as he insists on paying my bill. This was a first for me. I never had an influence on a person as much as I. ...Matty quickly ran to his car hardly waiting for Landon to get in before taking off. It had been two years since he had seen Grace or Sam. He was supposed to have come back last year in September but a close friend of his had gone MIA and Matty had a gut feeling he was still alive. So he had persuaded the rest of his squad to stay for another year. They had found there friend but he was dead, he had only been dead for a day. They had come so close, and yet they were too late."Matty, stop day. "I want to thank you, Avery," said Stacia. "For everything. You and Wendy really made this a special day for the two of us. Most of all, I want to thank you for making us wait." You were really resistant a year ago," said Avery. "I remember how mad you got at Kevin when he suggested you two wait." I thought he was trying to dump me," said Stacia with a reminiscing smile."I'm guessing you two have a much better chance at staying together because you waited," said Avery."Anyways," said Stacia. "I.