"Alexa, is that you?" Libby said when she heard a person sob-praying in the corner. She walked over and put a hand on Alexa's back.

"HE did THAT for ME… and yet I just pretended to get it! I PRETENDED to give my life to him… keeping what I couldn't bear to lose. He suffered a REAL death… the worst way one could die to date… yet I wouldn't even give my carefree life to him!" Alexa sobbed not exactly sure if she was talking to God or whoever was behind her.

Kneeling down to Alexa's level Libby stated, "Ok, so apparently you know something that I don't."

"You don't get it? Look around!"

Libby stood up and for the first time looked around the room. Where the younger teens had sat there were braces, retainers, hair bands, some relatively cheap jewelry, chewed gum, a few peppermints, and other little accessories. Where the older group had been sitting were tooth fillings, fairly expensive jewelry, contacts, wallets, fake nails, and a bunch of other items that the teens had been carrying with them. Libby couldn't believe her eyes, it was if everything that was man-made was in a pile where bodies used to be… but the body left. What happened?" she asked half her attention on the stuff that had been left behind, and half n what Alexa was saying.

"You didn't go to our church… did you?"

"No… I guess you could say I was a fairly frequent visitor though."

Alexa sat up, dried her tears, and grabbed Dani's Bible…. which she assumed Dani wouldn't mind… and opened to Romans and book marked Matthew.

"Well… I promise I'll do something to make up for it… but all I want to do right now is lie down, that wine is wearing off just a little bit… and I got a huge head ache."

"Yea… I don't have a HUGE headache… but I have enough of one to make me want to rest my head on a pillow." Jimmy said falling back on the bed. "One little good night kiss?"

"Only if I get one too." She said turning slightly to her side and giving him a kiss. He did the same in return and they both turned back on their backs to look up at the ceiling.

"Wow… my head don't hurt so much now…"

"Mine either… at least not anymore."

There was about a minute or so of silence, each of them lost in thought… or lack thereof. "So… it comes to this." Jimmy stated.

"What?"

"This."

"Do you seriously want it?" Cindy said rolling onto her side to face Jim.

"Haven't we been through this today?"

"James… answer me!"

"Ok… I truly did… up until about twenty minutes after you left."

"What happened?"

"One word… Dani."

Cindy rolled her eyes "What'd she do now?"

"She demonstrated how from now till when we get married is only a few short inches in our lifespan."

"And…" Cindy said as if she couldn't believe something so dumb could affect Jimmy.

"Well… it appears that we are around four inches until marriage."

"And the point was?"

"Ok… and the point was?"

"That four inches isn't that long."

"She has a point… four inches isn't that far… and we are around four inches apart now."

"True… I just can't decide!"

"Would this help?" Cindy scooted closer to Jimmy and kissed him.

"Not sure if it exactly 'helped' anything… but mind doing it again?" Jimmy asked. He just could never get enough of her sweet kisses… there was always something missing.

"If you really want… but I have a feeling that doing so will make that adorable little illustration completely useless." Cindy said. PLEASE say you don't care… wait…do I want it?

Jimmy though a second and took a semi-deep breath. "Go ahead and take the chance…. It was the Jesus geeks that came up with it… not me. Besides… Dani DID say that I shouldn't allow her to make the decision for me."

"You sure?"

Thinking about it one last time he replied "positive." Just as Jimmy and Cindy both kissed each other for the first time that night they heard a bull horn in the distance.

"That means the party is over in ten minutes." Cindy whispered.

"That's still 600 seconds… isn't it?" Jimmy Whispered back.

"How much do you know?" Alexa asked.

 "About what?" Libby asked not following.