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asked her a question, she had to return her dazed attention back to the present conversation.
         “Um, sorry, what was that?” She blinked hard trying to refocus.
         Alexander chuckled. “Your thoughts were elsewhere again, weren’t they? Thinking about your dream, am I right?”
         She shook her head. “ How does he always know my thoughts?”
         “Yeah, I was,” she half grinned with the admission. “I can’t seem to go more than an hour or so without at least giving it all a thought or two, if not recalling the entire thing. It was just so peaceful.”
         “It has some significance I’m sure. Even if all it does is bring you peace, that’s good enough for me. Peace is a good thing to have, especially when confronted with the troubles we know are coming and the danger you’ve experienced.” Alexander had lowered his voice. They were still in a public area, though most everyone they passed was in a mad rush and went by too quickly to catch more than a word of their conversation.
         “True, peace is a great thing to have right now. But you know, it’s been quiet since the attack in Cooperstown. I just thought when Aldara said war was coming I expected things to break into chaos right away. Or at least we would experience another attack from The Opposition. But things have seemed totally normal. Eerily normal, actually.” She turned partially sideways to let another person pass between them, this time not even wasting her thoughts on how rude it was.
         “It has been quiet for us,” Alexander agreed. “But, it doesn’t mean there aren’t things going on. The Opposition doesn’t act hastily; they tend to thoroughly plot and plan. What they struggle with is working together, that is usually what takes the most time. So even though we haven’t gotten word doesn’t mean The Opposition isn’t moving forward with plans.”
         “I know. It’s just been nice to have some time to pretend that everything is normal. And, to have a chance to say goodbye.” she looked up, recognizing the building before her. It was Candice’s.
         Emily told her best friend she wanted to come over today to see her one last time. Candice was headed for a college in California in three days. She thought Emily was leaving for Dartmouth in a few weeks, as did everyone else.
         “ If she only knew how crazy things really are. I envy her lack of knowledge.”
         “Are you sure you want to just hang around here and wait? I mean it could be hours. Remember, this is Candice we’re talking about. And this is the last time she’ll have the opportunity to yak my ear off in person. It could be a long time,” she giggled with the thought of her best friend going on and on. She really loved her, even if her friend didn’t know how to be quiet for five minutes.
         “Yep, I’m good. I can hang out in the lobby and the shops around here. I’ll people watch, that’s always fun. Especially when you can be invisible about it and people don’t see when you are watching them,” Alexander raised his dark thick brows with an excited expression.
         “Oh to be a fly on the wall, like you,” she leaned in and gave him a quick kiss. “Well, have fun.” She turned toward the apartment building and entered through the revolving glass door.
         The visit didn’t end up being as long as initially expected. The girls talked mostly about expectations for college. Emily kept her comments brief since it was a lie for her to say anything about excitement over Dartmouth. They laughed a lot about favorite memories and they both cried when it was time to say goodbye.
         Candice made Emily promise they would both come home for Christmas and hang out together. She also made Emily vow to be outgoing and social at Dartmouth and find a good guy. Candice didn’t know about Alexander. Emily agreed to her friend’s demands and after a long hug, made her