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we were all toast,” Annie adds. I think a more neutral location would have made things a little more interesting. If we had to enter the room head on, they might have been able to hit one of us, emphasis on the might.
    “Maybe another night. It is getting late and Jake should be getting back soon, so why don't we pack things in,” Alex suggests. I am liking that idea. The kids start wandering off and I go about making sure all the paintball paraphernalia is put back in the toy box.
    “By the way, I am now safely in Emerald Town and have seen nothing that indicated there was danger lurking,” Sebastian says through our link. “I have been here for about thirty minutes, but I didn't want to interrupt your fun.”
    “Thanks for checking in. When you get back expect a paintball war,” I reply. Now that I have had a taste, I want to go against a more worthy opponent.
    “I look forward to it. Get some sleep, it might help calm you.”
    I am sure neither of us expect that is possibly true, but I will let him have his little fantasy. “Good night. I love you, and I will talk to you in the morning.”
    “Love you, too,” he replies and I can feel him leave to go back to whatever he was doing before his little check-in.
    Maybe I should ask Demon Boy if he has one of those handy impenetrable bubbles I was thinking about earlier. I bet out of everyone I know, he is the most likely to have one just laying around and he has mentioned before how much he wants me and Sebastian to keep connected. I may just have to make a call tomorrow and find out.
    “He is going to be fine,” Alex says taking me away from imagining Sebastian walking around in a giant bubble suit. The pictures my mind comes up with are really funny sometimes and it isn’t the first time I have thought about at least one of the guys in a bubble.
    “Perhaps if you guys say that enough times, it will overpower whatever is causing me to think the opposite. So far, it isn’t working. Are you sleeping with me tonight?” I ask as I close the lid on the paintball equipment and stand up, only to find myself wrapped up in Alex’s arms.
    “Promise not to cut anything off?” he queries as he squeezes me tightly to his chest.
    “I don’t believe you warranted that punishment today. In fact, you telling Jake off earlier kind of turned me on.”
    “Really? Enough to move around the bases a little?”
    “Not tonight, but if you keep up the good work you might get to third soon.”
    I still cannot say that I am in love with Alex. We are getting along great and have both established ways to deal with each other’s little ticks. I am getting better at not wanting to kill him for every word that escapes his lips and he in turn has learned just the level he can take his obnoxiousness before I want to kill him.
    This time without Sebastian physically here will most likely help us even more, as much as I hate to think about it. Sebby usually serves as a referee for us and is good at taking my mind away from the annoying things Alex is known to do. With him out of the picture, it will give us a nice chance to play house.
    “I thought house, not doctor. In case you needed clarification on what that involves.” I alert Alex so he doesn’t get any ideas.
    “You are so cute sometimes,” he replies pinching my left cheek softly.  “Let’s get upstairs and make sure Jake got home okay.”
    I follow him out to the elevator and it opens the second he pushes the button. “Do you ever get the feeling Jake is our kid?”
    “More so now that we are together. When he was just my guard, his evening activities, I guess you could call them, were not talked about as much. I heard reports of his teenager-like ways, but we never spoke about them. These days he seems a bit more proud of the fact that he sleeps with anything capable of moving. I am sure it is just a phase that he will eventually grow out of.”
    We really need to find a girl he can settle down with. I hope that when