"Earth to Scott, Scott, can you hear me?" Kaden chuckled, nudging his friend in the arm. They were at the office and from the very beginning of that day, Kaden knew there was something wrong with his friend. For one thing, Scott did not start the day with his usual piss and moan. Besides, they have been at work for almost four hours now and he had not said a single word. Scott had not even come to Kaden's office, which was really what had set the alarms off in his head in the first place. Something was wrong. Or different. Or amiss. 

"How the hell did we not notice her being here?" Jax was throwing a tennis ball against the wall then catching it midair. He was pissed. Flinging the ball was the only thing keeping him in his seat. "How dare she? How fucking dare she? She leaves as if it's no big deal then waltzes back into our lives when we're finally okay with her absence, as if it is nothing?"

Saturday, January 3rd, 2014 Entering the kitchen, which was still filled with staff doing their jobs; preparing ungodly-hour room services, getting ready for the morning, etcetera, etcetera, Harris asked a young guy in uniform, "Hey,

"You look like you've received some bad news," the girl sitting across from her in the compartment said. It was just the two of them. The train started moving.She merely laughed. "As it happens, I did."

Dance me to your beauty with a burning violinDance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in