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under my fingers. A balloon of frustration building inside of him, pressing against his skin, threatening to shatter him from within.
    Wishing I could do something for him I wrapped my arms around him and pressed my head to his chest. A moment later I was wrapped in his arms, a long slow hug, his chin resting on the top of my head. I felt his tension begin to melt away and he seemed to relax somewhat.
    “You’re right.” He pulled away slightly and looked into my eyes. ”Thank you.”
    Smiling up at him I hugged him tightly again before stepping back and looking to Kristen. “So, how do we get in touch with your friends?” I asked, one arm still around Liam’s waist.
    “They own a club just outside the city.” Kris grinned at me.
    “Of course they do,” I sighed. “I should have expected as much from a friend of yours.”
    “Hey!” Kristen laughed. “You’re a friend of mine and you don’t own a club.”
    “Yeah, I’ll get right on that.”
    “What is a club, and why do they seem to bother you so much?” Liam asked, looking between Kris’s smiling face and my grimace.
    “Loud annoying music, too many people too close to you, and dark. At least all the drinks are ridiculously overpriced.” I shook my head. Kris really loved going out, I was definitely more the wallflower type.
    “None of that sounds appealing,” Liam said dubiously, looking to Kristen.
    “Oh it’s not that bad, Jen, don’t ruin it for him before he’s even gone!” Kris laughed at the flat look I gave her.
    “Well, I don’t have anything to wear. Liam either, most likely. We’ll just stay here.” It was the perfect reason not to go, too bad Kris could apparently predict the future.
    “Nope, I packed for you both, remember?” Kristen’s eyes twinkled as she smiled even more broadly.
    I groaned, Kristen laughed, and Liam just looked at us, confused.
    “Fine Kris, you win,” I sighed, resigned. At least this time I’d be going in with someone so Kris wouldn’t be trying to play matchmaker for me. “When do you want to go?”
    “I’m thinking we’ll grab a bite to eat after Troy gets back. After that we can change and head out.”
    I nodded, it sounded fine to me.
    “I will take some time to scout around our area and learn the lay of the land,” Liam spoke up. “If we’re preparing the car for an unexpected emergency it would also be wise to know our general area.”
    “Good point,” Kristen looked thoughtful. “Meet back here in two hours then? Troy should be back before that and we’ll pick a place to go eat.”
    “Two hours.” Liam nodded, grabbed his coat, and was out the door quickly. Protecting us was still something he could do and he was leaping at the opportunity to contribute in some way.
    “Want to just relax till the boys are back?” I asked Kris, not really feeling like doing much myself.
    “Yeah, no idea when we’ll have the chance again.” Kris moved to the living room area. “Mindless TV while we wait?”
    “Sure, why not.” I grabbed the remote and plopped down on the small couch, Kristen taking the other side.
    We passed the time talking about nothing and channel hopping between generic reality shows about stupid or annoying people doing stupid or annoying things.
    In less time than I would have expected, a knock at the door announced Troy’s return.
    “I left everything in the trunk and filled the tank up, we’ll be good to go if we need to leave quickly.” His tone was smug, probably from having easily and quickly completed his ‘assignment.’ Looking around and not finding Liam brought what may have been the first honest smile from him that I’d seen so far.
    “Want to all hang here while we wait for Liam?” Kris asked.
    Troy snorted. “No, I think I’ll pass.” He turned back towards the door to leave.
    “Ok, well, it was fun hanging out Jen.”  She got up and began to walk my way, but Troy spoke up again, not even turning back to us.
    “No, you can stay and have