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Important Notice: There is a very, VERY important A/n: at the bottom.

Title: Underneath Her Mask
Chapter 16: Are we friends?

Kagome sat stiffly against the headboard as Inu Tashio sat uncomfortably at the end of Sesshoumaru's bed.

"I know your angry with me, your father is a bit miffed as well but really, it's for your own good." Kagome sighed softly.

"I'm not angry with you. I'm just...frustrated I guess."

"Are you sure?" he asked gently.

"I'm positive," she said smiling that charming smile of hers and his shoulders almost automatically relaxed.

"I'm glad you're not upset. Why don't you think of this as a … vacation of sorts? Yes, that's it! A nice little vacation that is meant to help you recuperate. Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha will bring you your schoolwork so you won't be behind and there will always be people around to help you with anything you need." He patted her leg and stood up. "Don't forget not to overexert yourself." As soon as he closed the door, Kagome rolled her eyes but smiled despite herself. " Hmmmm. A couple of weeks to myself might be nice. My father must be spitting fire by now." She chuckled, but knew that it wouldn't be as funny the next time she was forced to see him. 'I may as well enjoy it while I can.' She threw her covers to the side and stood up.

"What shall I do first?" She asked herself, but a split second later she was overcome with exhaustion and a wave of dizziness threatened to send her sprawlingto the floor. Kagome immediately sat back down.

"Well, this certainly presents a problem." She growled to herself. Her eyes managed to drift downward and she lifted a skeptical brow. "And since when have I ever worn a night gown?"

"Psst. Rin. Rin!" Kagome sat awkwardly on the ground, knocking softly on the bottom of the little girl's bedroom door.

"Why is Kagome-chan sitting on the floor? Sesshou told Rin, she needed to stay in bed. That's why Kagome-chan couldn't play with Rin." The young woman leaned forward in a conspiring manner.

"Well… I can play; it's just that we got to be real quiet so nobody notices I'm outta bed."

"If Kagome-chan is sick than she should be in bed. I'll get Inu or Sesshou…"

"No Rin." Kagome thought fast. It was just so boring in that empty room that Kagome knew if she was forced to spend one second longer in there she could almost guarantee she'd go nuts. "I'm better now. The only thing is that I get tired kind of easy. I'm well enough to play as long as I don't have to move around a lot. How about we play dolls? I don't have to move around much for that." Rin crinkled her nose.

"Rin doesn't know…"

"How about you and Imake a deal? The second I'm too tired to play I go back to my room and up to bed? Pretty please." Kagome pouted while lacing her fingers together. Looking into her wide blue eyes, Rin nodded

"Okay. Yay! Rin will be Malibu Barbie, which dolly do you want to be?" Rin asked as Kagome dragged herself over to Rin. 'Wow that was a lot of work for only crawling from one room to another.'

"I think I'll be grumpy bear or maybe Wonder Woman…"

'There it is again! What the hell is she doing in there?' wondered Sesshoumaru as he put down his pen and rubbed his temples. 'I won't be able to get any work done if Rin keeps on bursting into a fit of giggles every other minute. And why hasn't Kagome tried to leave her room yet? She isn't exactly the type of person to do what she's told…' he thought grudgingly.

"Wait a minute," he said to himself. He strained his ears. Nothing. Not a sound to be heard. 'It's... quiet? Why isn't Rin making noise any longer?' Sesshoumaru gripped the desk in his father's study as he counted to 100 silently in his head. Still nothing.

He quickly stood up and briskly walked to his sister's room. He didn't even bother to knock before he opened the door, and if his heart wasn't racing he would have burst out laughing.

Rin was spooned by Kagome as Rin held on tightly to a blue bear and Barbie dolls littered the large rug they laid on. Kagome held on toWonder Woman.'I should have known.' Gingerly, he untangled their limbs and picked up his step sister. In a few smooth movements Rin was lying in her bed with the blue bear still nestled in her clutches.

Sesshoumaru looked down at Kagome. Her hand acted as a makeshift pillow and her mouth was slightly parted. The tiniest bit of drool was making its way slowly down the side of her mouth. The white nightgown, given to Kagome from his mother, had ridden up so that it was up to her midthigh. She was adorable, looking like an angel or possibly the devil posing as a holy being. That latter would explain how temptation seemed to radiate from her body. But no, Sesshoumaru was no longer allowed to think that way about her. 'I don't deserve someone as great as she is," he had to remind himself again. With a start, he suddenly realized how pathetic this whole situation was. The great Sesshoumaru, brought to his knees by a mere woman.

But she wasn't just any mere woman. This was Kagome, the girl who was innocent yet somehowwise beyond her years, intelligent and beautiful, graceful and mysterious, truthful yet dishonest, and a walking contradiction to be sure... If he didn't already believe that there was a God, Kagome would have made a believer out of him, for only a divine being could create such simple excellence.

Silently he lifted her coiled body into his arms. 'She must have exhausted herself getting here,' he concluded. Sesshoumaru entertained thoughts about bring her back to his own room where she could rest in the solitude that awaited her there. 'No, I can tell she has had enough solitude for a lifetime,' and he set her down next the other most important girl in his life.

Yawn "Mmmm." Kagome stretched underneath the covers, stopping when she felt a small bundle of warmth curled up by her side. She smiled as she looked upon the most beautiful picture she had ever seen; Rin, with her tiny hands clutching Kagome's nightgown, as if she was afraid that if she let go the older girl would disappear forever. Kagome reached out to brush a few strands of hair from the child's face. 'This is what I want. I want one of my own. I want a little girl who will cuddle with me as she sleeps, and a little boy to make me laugh. I want a family. My own family.' Kagome's chest constricted as she closed her eyes and leaned in to give Rin's smooth forehead a soft but firm kiss. 'And I will.'

For the remainder of her stay, Kagome laid with Rin each night and no one said a word about it.

As gently as she could, Kagome pried hernightgown from the girl's grasp and stood up shivering from the loss of warmth. Tucking the covers around Rin's tiny body, Kagome slowly but surly made her way to the door, using the walls for support, neither thinking nor truly caring about how it was that she and Rin got into the girl's bed.

Closing the door quietly behind her, Kagome's stomach growled loudly in the silent corridor. 'I'm absolutley starving!' she realized suddenly. 'But where on earth is the kitchen around this place? It enormous!' She thought looking left and right, then finally down the long stairwell. 'Well I better get started. The kitchen should be…downstairs…If I remember correctly.' She quietly groaned to herself.

One step at a time, Kagome made her way down the steps, panting and nearly leaning all her weight of on the sturdy oak rail after each stair all the while praying to the heavens that it wouldn't give out…

Her head was spinning and it kept getting harder and harder to hold on to the railing. 'Maybe I should sit down, but I'm so close! Only five more to go.' She placed one foot on the next step, but as she was bringing down the next her hands slipped and she was sent tumbling forward. Kagome stuck out her arms, trying to break her fall and landed with an audible thud on the ground.

Sesshoumaru's head rose up out of the fridge. 'What was that?' he wondered, setting down the orange juice in his hand back into the fridge before quickly making his way to the entry hall. 'Oh god.' His heart stopped at seeing Kagome lying facedown on the floor.

'Maybe I should get up?' Kagome thought to herself after a minute. She would have too if only her body would cooperate. "Kagome." She cringed when she heard his voice by his side. 'Please, anybody but him.' "Are you alright? Come on Kagome, you've got to answer me." 'He sounds worried, I should say something.' She was still a little out of it as she picked up her heavy head and turned to face him.

"I'm alright Sesshoumaru." His eyes were still scanning her body.

"Are you sure? Do you have any broken bones?" he knelt by her feet, gently applying pressure to her ankle, his hands brushing the hem of her nightgown. "Does this hurt?" She shook her head. "How 'bout this?" he asked doing the same to the other.

"No," she said quietly. He nodded.

"Good." Kagome had no warning when he picked her up and only years of practice kept her from yelping in surprise, but with Sesshoumaru's body so utterly close to her own, he felt the slight stiffening of her spine.

"Are you sure your not hurt?" he asked softly.

"Yes. You're acting very peculiar. Why is that?" she wondered, changing the subject.

"You just fell down the stairs Kagome. Do you really need to ask? Speaking of which what in god's name were you trying to accomplish." He was just about to set her on the couch when she said "I got hungry," in the subdued voice she had been using ever since she saw him. He looked at her for the first time. She gazed intently upon her hands clasped in her lap. Sesshoumaru sighed before turning around.

Currently in the house's stainless steel kitchen he gently set Kagome on the island's countertop. "Now, what are you in the mood for?" Sesshoumaru asked. She just shrugged with a tiny smile on her face, reminding him strangely of his step sister. "Alright then, let's see what we've got." Opening up the cupboard he scanned the shelves. "Well, there's rice of course, pancakes, soup, chow mien, pop tarts…" he listed, stopping when Kagome giggled. He glanced at her out of the corner of his eye.

"What?" he asked.

"Maybe I should fall down the stairs more often if this is how nice you'll be," she laughed.

"Ha ha," he stated dryly, not letting on how disturbed he was about that comment. Sesshoumaru closed the cupboard and opened the fridge.

"You don't have to make me anything Sesshoumaru," She said seriously, just then her stomach let out a rumble and her face grew bright red. He raised an eye brow and closed the fridge, leaning against it with his arms crossed.

"Oh yeah? And what are you gonna do about it? Collapse on me?" The smallest of smiles tugging at his lips told her he was just teasing, but she scowled none the less. He laughed in response. 'Yes, there definitely are some similarities.'

"Come on," he said picking her up, catching her off guard. "We'll order Italian."

Kagome and Sesshoumaru sat listening to the news as they ate their pasta in a comfortable quiet. She frowned at her pasta briefly, while pushing the small slices of tomatoes off to the side. Sesshoumaru had just finished with his meal when he noticed the bright red color being scooted to the side of her plate and he had to suppress his grin. Wordlessly he reached over the basement's coffee table to pluck them off her dish. The corner of his mouth curled when he heard a small 'humph'.

"Why didn't you eat your green olives?" Kagome asked suddenly looking at his own plate.

"Hmm?"

"Your olives. Why don't you eat them?"she said, her words drawn out as if he were dense. He gave her a smirk.

"I guess I just don't like them," he said trying to mimic her female voice. "Speaking of what we both do and do not like," Sesshoumaru raised his eyebrows. "If I recall correctly you said that it was only cherry tomatoes you didn't like." She glared at him a couple of seconds before slumping her shoulders.

"Fine. I lied. I absolutely hate tomatoes. All kinds, cherry, roman, whatever. They all suck if you ask me."

(A/n: I can't believe I just wrote that!!! I love tomatoes! And green olives!!!! My goodness what is the world coming to)

"I do, however, like green olives." She said forking the few off Sesshoumaru's plate and stuffing them into her mouth with a triumphant grin.

"You look like a chipmunk," he informed her, staring at her full cheeks. All Kagome could do was stick out the tip of her tongue while she made a sorry attempt at chewing.

"Could you be any less mature?" He smirked. Kagome gave an unladylike snort as she finished off the olives with a great gulp, but she would never give a proper reply for just then the news caught both their attentions.

/news/

"Naraku Oniguko was charged on Monday the 8th of November, with stealing money from his own sister's company, the makers of the infamous Shinto Kyata Brandy." Naraku shown upon the screen as he was led into a cop car in cuffs and Kagome's hand covered her mouth as she watchedin horror. Sesshoumaru sat still as a Greek statue. "The company was his brother-in-law's till just a year ago when Shinto Kia died from what is now referred to as "questionable circumstances". It is not yet known whether or not the former Mrs. Shinto was involved in this crime. We will report back as soon as more details are revealed. This is Homoto Lee reporting and wishing you all a good night."

Sesshoumaru stood up andturned off the T.V.

"What's going to happen?" Kagome asked closing her eyes.

"I don't know."

"What's the date today Sesshoumaru? I've begun to lose track. I've never really had a vacation before. Does this always happen?" Kagome asked sitting in her wheel chair, as Sesshoumaru pushed her along the path.

"It's the 22nd of November. When you are on a vacation like yours, the days can eventually blend together."

"Hmm. That's a good way of putting it. Has it really been that long? I think I'm spoiled for everyday life the way everyone fusses over me here," she laughed.

"Everyone deserves to be fussed over every once in a while. You seem to be long overdue," he said.

"I suppose." She rested her head in her hand. "I just don't see why on earth I need to be pushed around in a wheel chair as if I can't walk."

"Kagome." Sesshoumaru growled a warning.

"Fine, I'll quit complaining…but that doesn't mean I'm happy about it!" she humphed.

"The leaves are so pretty. I love fall. What's your favorite season Sesshoumaru?"

"That was random," he laughed. "Probably winter." Kagome laughed.

"Now why isn't that surprising. Mines spring."

"Why?"

"Why isn't it surprising or why do I like spring."

"Both."

"Well Mr. I like to act as if I have an icicle up my ass, I'm not sure." Kagome rolled her eyes. "But lately you haven't really been acting like that…" she added quietly. "Anyways I love spring because it is the season for renewed life. A time to start over in the world." Even Kagome noticed how wistful she sounded and cringed. Neither Kagome nor Sesshoumaru spoke for a long while till it was time to turn back towards home.

"Hey Kagome." Sesshoumaru said suddenly, startling her.

"Yeah?"

"I've got a present for you." She sat up straight.

"What are you talking about Sesshoumaru?"

"Would you like it?" She nodded her head, unable to speak. 'When was the last time I got a gift?'

"What's the occasion?" she asked finally, her voice not giving away her thoughts. "It's not my birthday or Christmas. So what is it?"

"There is no occasion. Despite popular belief, some people actually do give gifts when it isn't a holiday," he teased, pulling the package out of the large pocket of his sweatshirt.

"Besides, it really isn't a gift in the conventional way. It belongs to you anyhow. I just thought you might enjoy seeing it after so long." Kagome tore through the shiny gold wrapping paper carefully and wasn't prepared when her mother's face stared back at her from underneath.

"You brought my mother's picture." She stated, her fingers tracing her mother's features through the glass of the frame..

"What's wrong? Should I have left it in the office?" Kagome sighed. She couldn't take it any longer.

"Alright Sesshoumaru what's going on. Why are you being so nice to me? You keep calling me my name, making sure I'm comfortable, bringing me my mother's photo… Why?"

"Do I need a reason to be nice?" he asked.

"Yes. Is it that you feel sorry for me? Because if it is than you can just stop right now." That stung, more than he was willing to admit. 'Did I offend him?' She wondered at his silence.

"No," he said quietly. "I don't feel sorry for you, because I know that you wouldn't want that and I suppose I haven't exactly treated you as well as I could have in the past, so you have every reason to think that way."

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have answered that way. I didn't mean to offend you." He laughed.

"Do you think that I would rather you openly lie to me instead?" She could hear in his voice that he was smiling. "You know, you and I are very much alike," he said suddenly.

"What do you mean?" She turned her head to look over her shoulder at his face. He was still smiling. "You should smile more often."

"Why is that?"

"It makes you look even more handsome than you already do," she siad bluntly

"Ah, so you admit that you think I'm handsome." She gave him a dry look and he chucked.

"You never answered my question."

"Ah yes, how we are similar. If I don't miss my guess, than you are already well aware of the reasons why." Kagome had an empty feeling in the pit of her stomach. 'This doesn't sound good.'

"Humor me." He laughed.

"You and I hide our true feeling from the world, wearing our masks as a… defense mechanism of sorts. I, the cold hearted bastard, and you, smiling and full of strength 24/7. I know why I act the way I do," he raised an eyebrow at her. " My question is, why do you?"

"When did you come to this… conclusion of yours?" Her face shown of indiffererence. He leaned close to her face, feeling her breath mingling with his own.

"The day we met," he whispered. Kagome looked away and a hush seemed to surround the from miles around, neither spoke.

"Are we friends?" Kagome asked out of the blue. She turned to look at him, ignoring his surprise. "Are we friends," she repeated. "Because if we aren't I want to know what exactly we are." Her face was set in a tiny scowl and she put her hands on the wheels of her chair so they stopped moving.

"…Yes. We're…friends." They smiled at each other and Kagome turned around once more.

"Good. And Sesshoumaru?"

"Hmm?"

"Thank you."

A week later, Kagome was well enough to leave the care of the Takamada family.

"You're not walking home and that's final," Inuyasha said crossing his arms with a scowl as they walked down the steps.

"But Inuyasha, it's not like I'm not capable of a little exercise and I don't live that far away."

"Nearly ten miles!" Inuyasha almost shouted. Kagome just rolled her eyes.

"You're being overly dramatic Inuyasha."

"You're not going to walk and that's final!" She sighed.

"Alright, fine, you can drive me back to my apartment." Inuyasha nodded once.

"Good. I'm glad you see it my way. Hey do you want anything to eat? I'mgoing to head into thekitchen quick."

"Naw. I gotta go talk with your dad."

"Alright. Afterwards I'll take you back home." 'but it's not my home,' she wanted to say. 'I don't have a home.'

Kagome stood in front of Mr. Takamada's study not wanting to go in, not wanting to come out, not wanting to leave this place that offered her so much more comfort than an empty apartment. With a hearty sight she knocked on the door and entered when she heard a deep voice saying "Come in."

She closed the door quietly behind her. "You called for me, Mr. Takamada?" He smiled at her, causing the wrinkles around his mouth and eyes to deepen handsomely.

"I did. Come here my girl. Take a seat; don't just stand there in the doorway." She closed the door and sat down in the chair in front of his desk.

"I just wanted to tell you how wonderful it has been since you have been staying here." Kagome blushed.

"I haven't done anything Inu Tashio. Everyone has been so kind to me," she said shaking her head in amazement. "I've felt like a princess." His smile, if possible, deepened.

"I'm glad, and you know my offer still stands. If you'd like to live here on a more permanent basis…" Kagome shook her head. He'd been making that offer nearly every day since she was able to walk without assistance.

"I couldn't do that Mr. Takamada. I can't take advantage of your kindness like that." He sighed.

"I suppose I can't force you to do anything you don't want to but just remember that the offer will always stand."

"I will," she said with a smile.

"Good, and now there is one other thing I wanted to discuss with you."

"What would that be Mr. Takamada?"

"I wanted to speak with you about Naraku Oniguko." Kagome shoved her hands into her sweatshirt's pocket so Inu Tashio wouldn't see how they shook. She nodded, silently telling him to go on.

"You've obviously heard about his recent scandal…"

"Yes. My father was very upset about it." She said, reciting what he had told her during his one and only phone call while she stayed at the Takamada residence. 'I hate lying to him. He deserves the truth and I so wish I could give it to him.'

"Yes, he was obviously perturbed about his friend's betrayal when he and I talked. All I wanted to know was your opinion on this matter."

"My…opinion?"

"Yes. What do you think about all this?"

"Well," she said thoughtfully, "I was never that fond of Naraku."

"He seemed to care about you a great deal though." She nodded slowly.

"On some level I think he did, but he was a somewhat scary individual." 'Terrifying is the right word for it.'

"And what did your father say when you told him this." She looked up into is eyes, surprised.

"I didn't tell him Mr. Takamada." His eyebrows furrowed.

"Why ever not?"

"It's not my place. My father's choice of friends really doesn't concern me. I'm sure if you ask, he will tell you the same thing." 'That's not natural,' Inu Tashio thought honestly.

"Hmm. Well…to each is own I guess," he gave her a forced smile. "I'm sorry to have kept you Kagome. You must want to go home." He stood up, as did Kagome, and walked around his desk only to pull her into his arms. She stiffened at first but relaxed soon after.

"You are like a daughter to me Kagome." His sudden declaration of affection made Kagome's heart clench in her chest.

"Thank you Inu Tashio. That means a lot to me." She bit her lip and closed her eyes, all the while inhaling the scent that could only be described as him. "I'll miss you."

"We'll still get to see each other."

"It won't be the same." She said shaking her head again.

"Kagome, you ready to go?" asked Inuyasha as he opened the door, holding an apple in his hand. "Oh, uh…sorry." Inuyasha said uncomfortably. This scene was a little to intimate for his taste.

A/n: and not in a sick way for those of you who are pervs.

"No, Inuyasha I'm ready," Kagome said, pulling away from her father figure's arms, but before she was completely out of her grasp, he brought her closer and laid a kiss to her forehead.

"Remember that you can always come to us if you need anything."

"Thank you Inu Tashio." She gave him a brilliant yet heartbreaking smile. 'I wish I had you for a father.' "Goodbye," and then she left.

"What was all that about?" Inuyasha asked as they got into his car.

"Oh, your dad was just being wonderful, per usual." Kagome said with a poor attempt to laugh. "Do you know where your brother went off to? I couldn't find him anywhere."

"Sesshoumaru? He said he had some business to take care of at work."

"But I thought he had the day off." Inuyasha just shrugged.

"How did Rin take the news?" he asked.

"About me leaving? She cried, the poor girl. She'll get over it though." Kagome said, her voice telling Inuyasha how distracted she was. 'Maybe I should tell her I love her… She looks so beautiful.' Inuyasha thought, watching her bite her nails, while she stared off into space.

"Inuyasha." She said suddenly.

"Yeah."

"You missed the turn."

"Oh."

"Hey stop right here," Kagome commanded.

"At the office…why?"

"I want to say good bye to Sesshoumaru." An anger rose in Inuyasha that he hadn't felt in a long time.

"It's not like your never going to see him again." He snapped, pulling over anyways. Kagome looked at him, her mouth hanging open slightly, and her eyes showing for a split second how hurt she was. She instantly shut her mouth and her expression grew unnervingly blank.

"Don't bother waiting. I can manage to get home from here. Thanks for the ride." She said not bothering to wait for his response. She slammed the door before he could apologize.

"Damn it," he groaned, hitting his head on the steering wheel. "Why do I always manage to fuck up around her?" With a dejected sigh, he sat there, waiting.

Kagome burst into his office, panting and disheveled.

"Why didn't you say good bye?" she demanded.

"Kagome? What are you doing here?" Sesshoumaru asked, taking his hands from the keyboard of the computer. "I thought you were going back to your apartment today."

"I was, but I couldn't go back without saying goodbye." Kagome swiftly headed towards his desk and he stood up, unsure of what she planned to do. You can imagine his surprise when she threw her arms around his waist. Tentatively, he wrapped his arms around her, tucking her head undneath his own.

"I'm not going to say good bye Kagome." She looked up into his eyes, confused.

"Why not?"

"Because I'm not going to leave you. Just because you have to go to your apartment doesn't mean we need to say goodbye. I'm not going to leave you again. I promise." This was one promise he intended to keep, no matter what. Sesshoumaru didn't give her time to understand what he meant when he asked. "How do you plan on getting back to your apartment?"

"Well, Inuyasha drove me here… but he got upset and I told him I'd walk the rest of the way." Sesshoumaru saw the look in her eyes, as much as she tried to hide it, and vowed to payhis idiotic brotherback for daring tohurt Kagome.

"Then I'll take you, come on. Do you have any bags?"

"No, Inu Tashio already sent them to my apartment."

"Alright, then let's go."

"Sesshoumaru?" Kagome said, as he grabbed his keys.

"Yeah?"

"Did I mention how glad I am that we're friends?"

"You don't need to. I know," and he smiled her.

Inuyasha watched as Sesshoumaru led Kagome to his Porsche, his jaw going slack before twisting in a bitter sort of smile. "How typical." He stated shaking his head in disbelief before driving away. He wasn't sure if he could wait forever, even for a girl like Kagome.

Alright!!!!! You people suck!!! Well… not all of you. Not even the majority of you. But those few people who are assholes, you suck. One person even had the audacity to call me a fucker. If that's not fucked up I don't know what is. This is the absolute last time I am going to say this: I AM NOT GOING TO STOP WRITING THIS STORY BEFORE IT IS COMPLETELY FINISHED!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do any of you know how hard I've been working on this chapter?! This is like double the amount of writing of a lot of the previous ones! Even if a lot of it is diologue. And yeah, I know, it's been forever, but NEWSFLASH: I HAVE A LIFE!!!!!! Between school, boys, family, drivers ed, and my writing workshop not to mention work, I have been completely swamped. And for those of you who insist upon making threats, FYI it's not going to make me update faster. I even almost withheld this chapter a little longer because of the bitch who called me a fucker, but I didn't because of the other people who are actually somewhat respectful and nice people. Actually I would like to thank Hanoi for being so unbelievably understanding. You really made my day. And yes, the offer is still open. Oh, and for those of you who haven't, read the repost of chapter 15. It is much better than before.

Now to other important matters. I write for me, not because a few people think I have some talent. For a period of time, I lost sight of that. I don't think I will again. I hope not anyway. So even if you beg or plead, I will only put out a chapter when I think it is good enough, not because I'm being pressured. Does that sound selfish? Maybe I am, I don't know, but all I can say is that I enjoy writing and if I didn't than I wouldn't be doing it.

Thank you for taking the time to read this, and I'm sorry to say that there will be no guideline today. Happy Holidays everyone.