-1Chapter 14

Marc and Amanda entered Linda's place anxious to see the psychic. She had her back turned to them and was on the phone talking to her daughter Kelly.

"Kelly put that cigarette down, I can smell it through the phone. Put the cigarette down Kelly." Marc and Amanda could hear the sound of Linda's daughter's voice on the other end of the line. "Un-huh, well all I know is that the house better not smell like an ashtray when I get home." Linda hung up her phone, turned around and smiled at Marc and Amanda.

"Well, if it isn't the Wonder twins. What brings you two back so soon?" Linda put her phone on the table and went over to Marc and Amanda. "Oh, honey just keep putting the ointment that the doctor prescribed on that rash and it will go away." Marc and Amanda glanced at each other and quickly looked away.

"How does she know everything?" Amanda asked in amazement.

"It's a gift." Mark stated.

"Well, come on sit down and tell me what is going on with you guys." Linda led them over to her couch and they all took a seat.

Amanda leaned forward excitedly. "Well, you were right about my father, I totally found my B, she led me to a kiss, and to make a long story short my dad is Gene Simmons."

"Really?" Linda sounded surprised. "Man, I am good. I am definitely going to raise my prices higher."

"Really, and now I was wondering…" Amanda was cut off when Linda closed her eyes and started waving her hands around. "Oh Boy!" Her eyes popped open and she looked at Amanda.

"What is it?" Amanda asked excitedly and stole a glance at Mark. "Is this about me meeting the man of my dreams, I know you said before that I would never have kids, but that doesn't mean that my Casanova won't come…"

"Shhh!" Linda held up her hand and closed her eyes again. "Wow." She opened her eyes and looked at Amanda, with a weary look on her face. "Honey, your life is going to be in danger, and my visions tell me that it is going to be in danger more than once."

Amanda gasped. "What, my life is going to be in danger, more than once? Who what when where why!?" Amanda started panicking and looked over at Marc for support.

"Give us the goods woman, if Mandy's life is going to be in danger, we need details." Marc stared at Linda intently waiting for answers. "We need to know everything."

Linda sighed and glanced up at the sky. "I don't see everything, I only see things in bits and pieces. But wait a minute…" Once more she closed her eyes and this time a smile came across her face. "You will be saved. The letter G is coming to me. G is going to rescue you every time that your life will be in danger. You need to stay close to the G. The G will be there for you and…" Linda put two fingers to her head, she appeared to be in deep concentration. "You will be there for the G. You will be there for each other." Linda opened her eyes, and crossed her hands over her lap. "So, is there anything else I can do for you?" She smiled glancing from Marc to Amanda. "If not I now accept credit and debit cards for my services."

Amanda and Marc were both speechless and Amanda started to shake a little. Marc put his arm around her to comfort her and lightly rubbed her arm. He spoke. "Well, if you don't have any more doomsday predictions, I guess our business is done here. He stood up and glanced down at Amanda who still sat on the couch in silence, and who still looked visibly shaken by Linda's predictions. "Come on Mandy, let's pay this quack-I mean lady and let's get out of here." He pulled her to her feet and managed to drag her over to Linda's cash register to pay her. After they paid Linda, Marc and Amanda left and started to walk back to Mode.

They walked in silence for a little while. During their walk Marc kept glancing over at Amanda to make sure that she was okay. She had a sad pouty look on her face and Marc had never seen his friend look so depressed, except for the few times that she had missed out on some clothing sales from her favorite stores and when she had found out that Faye was her mother. He put his arm around her. "Aww, Mandy don't worry about what Linda said, who's to say that she is even right in her predictions. Sometimes I think she just makes things up."

Amanda looked up at Marc with a sad look in her eyes. "But Marc, she was right with her clues about my father, she led me straight to him. She always seems to know what her daughter is up to, and you said so yourself that she has been pretty accurate about you."

Marc nodded. "Okay, so maybe she was a little accurate on some of the things that she predicted but who is to say that she is right about your life being placed in danger multiple times? And even if she was right, she said that you were going to be saved. That the G would save you every time. So all you have to do is find this G and you're in the clear."

Amanda frowned. "Her mentioning the G was kind of strange. Who is this G that she was talking about? All I could think of is several words that begin with the letter G,.. Gucci, Geraldo Rivera, Grape Nuts cereal, Ghirardelli chocolate, Gelato…" Amanda suddenly paused. "I'm starving! Worrying about life or death really takes a toll on a girl's appetite." Her and Marc continued to walk down the sidewalk until she spotted a hot dog vendor. "Ooh, I want one of those." She dragged Marc over to the cart ignoring his pleas about eating meat shaped like a tube. "Hey give me a hotdog, with extra mustard and ketchup." She instructed to the man behind the cart. He fixed her a hot dog, she paid him and her and Marc continued to walk down the street.

Amanda began eating her hot dog, when all of a sudden Marc nudged her. "Don't be too obvious, but on your left across the street, there is a woman who is committing all types of crimes against fashion."

Amanda glanced at the woman and smirked. "Oh, my gosh, she looks like a polka dotted whale who has just joined the circus. She kind of reminds me of Betty."

Marc and Amanda laughed and Amanda took a few more bites of her hot dog. Marc kept making jokes about the unfortunate woman and Amanda kept laughing, in spite of the big chunk of hot dog in her mouth. All of a sudden she stopped. The piece of hot dog had slipped down the wrong pipe, and Amanda felt like she couldn't breathe. She knew that she was choking. She turned to Marc for help pushing her hands toward her throat to indicate that she was choking. Marc laughed at first when he saw her do this.

"What's up Mandy, is that some type of sign language about how bad that woman is dressed. I know. Her outfit is atrocious."

Amanda's eyes widened and a look of desperation came into them. She continued to make the signal with her hands that she was choking. Marc started to realize that something was wrong with her. "Mandy are you okay?" He asked in a worried tone. Amanda's eyes got bigger and she continued to reach for her throat. Marc realized that she was choking and he started to panic.

"Oh, my gosh Mandy you're choking!" Marc unsure of what to do began thumping Amanda on the back, hoping that this would make her stop choking. After doing this for a few seconds, he realized that it wasn't working and Marc tried to think fast. He thought that he should probably try the Heimlich thingy, but he wasn't sure how to do that, and he heard that if done incorrectly it could break a person's ribs and really hurt them. Marc knew Amanda would kill him if he broke her ribs. And he didn't want to hurt her because he did the Heimlich thingy incorrectly. Marc decided to go get help. He ran into the nearest place, a restaurant with a pickle on the door.

"Help, my friend is choking!" He screamed out in the restaurant looking around for help. The few customers in the restaurant glanced up at him looking very surprised.

Gio stood behind the counter and looked at the man that had just come in screaming about his friend choking. He thought he recognized him, he did recognize him, he worked at Mode with Betty and was the friend of that blond receptionist. Right now he seemed to be very scared and had a frantic look on his face.

Gio came from behind the counter and went over to Marc. "You said that your friend is choking." He inquired. "Where is your friend?"

Marc recognized the sandwich guy. He was the one that had the hots for Betty. "She's outside, she needs help!"

Gio ran past Marc outside and saw the blond receptionist. He saw that she was a bright shade of red, and he saw that her hands were grabbing at her throat and she looked very scared. Gio immediately went behind her, put his arms around her, balled one of his hands into a fist and placed his thumb right above her belly button. He placed his other hand on top of his fist and he began to give a series of thrusts. After he did this, the piece of hot dog came flying out of Amanda's mouth. Once the hot dog chunk was gone and she had stopped choking, Amanda instantly relaxed and leaned against her rescuer. She felt their hands release her and she stepped away and turned around. She was surprised at who had saved her.

"Thank you for saving me." She said gratefully "But…hey don't I know you? Aren't you that sandwich guy? You come to Mode sometimes to deliver sandwiches and moon over Betty. You're Gio Tio."

Gio frowned slightly. "It's Gio Rossi, and yes I have seen you around a couple of times. You're the receptionist right?"

Amanda nodded. "Amanda Tanning."

At this point Marc had came out of the deli and went over to Amanda to hug her.

"Mandy, I was so scared. I thought you were going to choke to death or something. Who knew that a little piece of processed meat could put your life in danger?" After Marc made this remark, he and Amanda instantly pulled apart, and looked at each other. Amanda raised one eyebrow.

"My life was put in danger." She whispered. "Linda was right! Marc, she was right! My life was put in danger and I was saved. I was saved!" She grabbed his arm excitedly.

Marc nodded. "Yes you were saved. But she mentioned that you would be saved by the G. What exactly is the G? Wait a minute…" They both turned and looked at Gio, who had been watching them curiously. Amanda gasped.

"Gio Tio, you're my G!" She exclaimed. "Linda my psychic said that my life would be put in danger more than once, and that the G would save me every time. Well, my life was put in danger today and you saved me. You're my G." Amanda whispered this last line in a mystical manner, causing Gio to raise his eyebrow.

She is a strange one. He thought. He smiled at Amanda and Marc and nodded. "Okay, then, well if you guys don't need anything else, I am going back to work." He started to make his way to the front door of his deli, but Amanda walked in front of him and stopped him.

"Hold the bologna Oscar Meyer. My life is going to be put in danger again, I'm going to need you again, who knows how many times, but Linda said I would. So…" Amanda wasn't quite sure what she was trying to say because she was so bewildered.

Gio gave her a look. "I think that as long as you remember how to chew you're good. I really do have to get back to work. Bye." He went to the front door of his deli, opened it up and went back inside to work, not noticing some of the admiring looks that he was getting from his customers.

Amanda stood outside and watched him through the window for a few seconds and then turned to Marc.

"He's my G. The sandwich guy is my G." She looked at Marc in amazement.

Marc smiled. "It shocks the heck out of me too, Mandy, but come on let's get back to Mode." He hooked his arm through hers and the two of them made their way back to Mode.