Whew.  He thought for certain she was leaving him.  Well, wait a sec.  She was leaving him; but it's a vaca.  Normal people have those.  But usually people plan them.  And usually people ... Jonathan stuffed his feelings on the "back burner".  He had been good almost all his life doing that; just because empathethic feelings suddenly took hold of him now, shouldn't make it any different.  He hugged her as hard as he could ... ignoring the nagging feeling that something was still not right.  But that's okay, if you can't beat 'em - join 'em, right?<br/><br/>"I guess we could kiss for a little while."  A twinkle sparkled in his eyes.  "And then, we could start packing for your vacation.  Are you going someplace warm or someplace cold?"  One little question looking for info. couldn't hurt.  Of course, maybe he could go with her and leave this God-forsaken town.