p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;"Balloon Baby/span/p
p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;"Ren/span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;"I pressed myself on top of her and balanced my weight so there was no real weight on her stomach./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;"I ran my hands up and down her round belly and smiled. I was scared too. What if we lost the baby? What if we lost the child. Or I lost my wife? Or both? I felt something where me hand was and pulled away. "Did you feel that too?" She asked and sat on crawling into my lap. br /span/p
p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""The little kick? Yes Idala I felt it." I told her as I cuddled her into my chest, wrapping my arms protectively around the two things I love the most in the whole world. My heart hammered hard as I felt another kick. /span/p
p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""Oww little one, that one hurt." She told her stomach/span/p
p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;"This kick was more powerful, it was pretty strong against my palm. She frowned down, rubbing circles making shapes with her fingers. I could tell that it had hurt her. I rubbed her very pregnant belly and felt pride ripple through me. I had helped this./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;"I cradled her tummy, and whispered to it, talking to my son. "Ok baby, you can't kick mommy that hard, it hurts her. You don't want her hurt do you?" I felt the baby kick once more, this time a little lighter and then it faded away./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""Amazing." She said and ran a hand over the bump. She smiled and rested her head and hand on my chest. "Ren, I love you." She told me. My heart fluttered a little still when she said that. I mean obviously we had taken the next step, That's how we had little Kishan now. But now i knew that it was a definite, real thing. I held her a little tighter./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""I love you too Idala." I said back nuzzling her cheek and enjoying our peaceful silence./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;"Until the doorbell rang. "Ugh, I'll get it." Kells got up to go retrieve the door but I stopped her and gently pushed her back to the couch./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""No love, I can get it. You and the little one rest." She nodded but sat at the edge of the cushion./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;"I rushed to get to the door so that I could get back to my very comfortable position I was in before./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""Hello?" Outside of our door was a small man, wearing khaki shorts that rode too high on his waist, a brown shirt that was stretched over a puchy stomach and had big round glasses perched on his nose./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""Yes. I have a package for a Mrs. Rajaram. It's from one Nilma Kadam. Do i have the right place?"/span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""Ren! There's a package from Nilma! Where?!" Kelsey called, waddling over to us. I took her hand./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""Love, it's right there. Ok where do I sign?" I asked. The small delivery man looked up and glowered./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""Kelsey?" The small, flabby man asked./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""Yes. Why?" She asked a little more leery now./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;"'It's me, Artie. From school?" He said, As if I didn't remember him. Small, pudgy little pervert./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""Oh yes. Artie. How about that package?" I was starting to get impatient. I was a tiger for 300 years, and this measly college student was making me irritated. He disrupted myself and my mate. As Kells would say, 'not cool man'. I smirked a little at that./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""Oh Ren, be nice. Ok?" Kells stretched up and kissed my cheek, entwining my fingers with hers./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""Fine. Only for you." She smiled and turned back to Artie./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""What is it! Can I have it?" Reaching out to the bow in his hand. He pulled it back, tucking it under his arm./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""How have you been?" He looked to Kell's stomach. So he lacked the skill of subtly. Good to know./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""Um. Fine. I guess." SHe said. Her hand went to rest on her belly. Poor Sohan. Being forced to listen to this./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""Yes? Well that is good. I hope you are continuing in you studies. Don't let ANYTHING drag you down. " He looked to me. I looked down at him./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;"I growled, but he didn't look threatened. Kelsey knew what was going on, so she snatched up the package. "Thanks Artie! Bye." SHe shoved him off our porch and quickly shut the door,/span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;"She held the package against her stomach and wrapped one arm around my waist, leading me to the couch. "Ugh. I hate that guy." SHe said and leaned back on me./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""Eh. I don't much care for him myself." I told her. We sat and I smiled. "You going to open that very inviting package?" I asked./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""Yess...hold your horses, tiger." She pulled the package up, and rested it on my lap. I smiled./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""Okay, it says it's from Austin Texas, and the sender is...it doesn't say." She looked puzzled./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""Well. Let's just open it then." Kells nodded./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;"She tore it open. SHe pulled out the tissue paper. She smiled intently./span/p
p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;"Kelsey pulled out a little mask and an oxygen tank. Wes./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;"Of course. The southern boy, who so often flirted with my Kelsey. Though I will admit that it was good for him to care for her, while I was off, attempting (poorly might I add) to settle my ever urgent need to hold Kells, though it would cause me illness./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""It's from Wes. There's a note."/span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;"She reads it, then hands it to me./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; font-style: italic; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;"Dear lovely Kelsey,/span/p
p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; font-style: italic; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;"Hey Kells. I told you I would eventually get the hold of you. I was wondering how you were. You're special, you know? I surely hope that Ren-y boy of yours knows that./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""Ren-y boy?' I asked. Kells smiled amused./span/p
p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; height: 11pt;" /p
p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; font-style: italic; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;"I hope that he eventually came to his senses. If he treats you bably ever again, I will knock his teeth straight out. Trust me. I've gotten into quite a few brawls of my own, I can hold my own./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""Why do men keep threatening me? It's not as if I just sent an innocent little sheep out into the slaughter house."/span/p
p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; height: 11pt;" /p
p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; font-style: italic; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;"Anywho. I just wanted to give you something to remember me by. And thank you so very much for giving me the confidence to call that girl I used to have. She's happy and all. Oh by the way, I met a new girl. Her name's Angela. Sweet little gal. Tall, athletic. She's a party planner for the company I work at. Alright, babe, send me a letter. Tell me whats going on with you./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; font-style: italic; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;"Love, Wes/span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;"I know this is exactly something Kelsey would say, but I swear I was going to throw-up./span/p
p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;"Ren/span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;"I pressed myself on top of her and balanced my weight so there was no real weight on her stomach./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;"I ran my hands up and down her round belly and smiled. I was scared too. What if we lost the baby? What if we lost the child. Or I lost my wife? Or both? I felt something where me hand was and pulled away. "Did you feel that too?" She asked and sat on crawling into my lap. br /span/p
p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""The little kick? Yes Idala I felt it." I told her as I cuddled her into my chest, wrapping my arms protectively around the two things I love the most in the whole world. My heart hammered hard as I felt another kick. /span/p
p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""Oww little one, that one hurt." She told her stomach/span/p
p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;"This kick was more powerful, it was pretty strong against my palm. She frowned down, rubbing circles making shapes with her fingers. I could tell that it had hurt her. I rubbed her very pregnant belly and felt pride ripple through me. I had helped this./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;"I cradled her tummy, and whispered to it, talking to my son. "Ok baby, you can't kick mommy that hard, it hurts her. You don't want her hurt do you?" I felt the baby kick once more, this time a little lighter and then it faded away./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""Amazing." She said and ran a hand over the bump. She smiled and rested her head and hand on my chest. "Ren, I love you." She told me. My heart fluttered a little still when she said that. I mean obviously we had taken the next step, That's how we had little Kishan now. But now i knew that it was a definite, real thing. I held her a little tighter./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""I love you too Idala." I said back nuzzling her cheek and enjoying our peaceful silence./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;"Until the doorbell rang. "Ugh, I'll get it." Kells got up to go retrieve the door but I stopped her and gently pushed her back to the couch./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""No love, I can get it. You and the little one rest." She nodded but sat at the edge of the cushion./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;"I rushed to get to the door so that I could get back to my very comfortable position I was in before./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""Hello?" Outside of our door was a small man, wearing khaki shorts that rode too high on his waist, a brown shirt that was stretched over a puchy stomach and had big round glasses perched on his nose./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""Yes. I have a package for a Mrs. Rajaram. It's from one Nilma Kadam. Do i have the right place?"/span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""Ren! There's a package from Nilma! Where?!" Kelsey called, waddling over to us. I took her hand./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""Love, it's right there. Ok where do I sign?" I asked. The small delivery man looked up and glowered./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""Kelsey?" The small, flabby man asked./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""Yes. Why?" She asked a little more leery now./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;"'It's me, Artie. From school?" He said, As if I didn't remember him. Small, pudgy little pervert./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""Oh yes. Artie. How about that package?" I was starting to get impatient. I was a tiger for 300 years, and this measly college student was making me irritated. He disrupted myself and my mate. As Kells would say, 'not cool man'. I smirked a little at that./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""Oh Ren, be nice. Ok?" Kells stretched up and kissed my cheek, entwining my fingers with hers./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""Fine. Only for you." She smiled and turned back to Artie./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""What is it! Can I have it?" Reaching out to the bow in his hand. He pulled it back, tucking it under his arm./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""How have you been?" He looked to Kell's stomach. So he lacked the skill of subtly. Good to know./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""Um. Fine. I guess." SHe said. Her hand went to rest on her belly. Poor Sohan. Being forced to listen to this./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""Yes? Well that is good. I hope you are continuing in you studies. Don't let ANYTHING drag you down. " He looked to me. I looked down at him./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;"I growled, but he didn't look threatened. Kelsey knew what was going on, so she snatched up the package. "Thanks Artie! Bye." SHe shoved him off our porch and quickly shut the door,/span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;"She held the package against her stomach and wrapped one arm around my waist, leading me to the couch. "Ugh. I hate that guy." SHe said and leaned back on me./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""Eh. I don't much care for him myself." I told her. We sat and I smiled. "You going to open that very inviting package?" I asked./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""Yess...hold your horses, tiger." She pulled the package up, and rested it on my lap. I smiled./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""Okay, it says it's from Austin Texas, and the sender is...it doesn't say." She looked puzzled./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""Well. Let's just open it then." Kells nodded./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;"She tore it open. SHe pulled out the tissue paper. She smiled intently./span/p
p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;"Kelsey pulled out a little mask and an oxygen tank. Wes./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;"Of course. The southern boy, who so often flirted with my Kelsey. Though I will admit that it was good for him to care for her, while I was off, attempting (poorly might I add) to settle my ever urgent need to hold Kells, though it would cause me illness./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""It's from Wes. There's a note."/span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;"She reads it, then hands it to me./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; font-style: italic; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;"Dear lovely Kelsey,/span/p
p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; font-style: italic; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;"Hey Kells. I told you I would eventually get the hold of you. I was wondering how you were. You're special, you know? I surely hope that Ren-y boy of yours knows that./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""Ren-y boy?' I asked. Kells smiled amused./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; font-style: italic; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;"I hope that he eventually came to his senses. If he treats you bably ever again, I will knock his teeth straight out. Trust me. I've gotten into quite a few brawls of my own, I can hold my own./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;""Why do men keep threatening me? It's not as if I just sent an innocent little sheep out into the slaughter house."/span/p
p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; height: 11pt;" /p
p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; font-style: italic; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;"Anywho. I just wanted to give you something to remember me by. And thank you so very much for giving me the confidence to call that girl I used to have. She's happy and all. Oh by the way, I met a new girl. Her name's Angela. Sweet little gal. Tall, athletic. She's a party planner for the company I work at. Alright, babe, send me a letter. Tell me whats going on with you./span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; font-style: italic; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;"Love, Wes/span/p
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p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aclonica; color: #073763; font-weight: bold;"I know this is exactly something Kelsey would say, but I swear I was going to throw-up./span/p