"I really don't think I would be alive today if I had not been picked up but not because some stupid zombie got me."  Jasper fell silent.  He had never told anyone what he was about to tell Kay.  "The night before I was picked up I was despondent with grief over the loss of my family and friends.  What I had to do to get the thing that had been my mother to finally stop moving...  I laid awake all night in my bed staring at the ceiling as silent tears streamed from my eyes.  By morning I had somewhere along the lines decided to end it all.  Life just wasn't worth living anymore.  That morning I hopped in my truck and drove down to the beach.  I had every intention of jumping into the surf and swimming until I couldn't swim any further then force myself to keep going until I was either eaten by sharks or I finally drowned after passing out from exhaustion.  When I got to the beach there were these zombies chasing a dog... a poor sweet little dog that wouldn't have known shit from Adam.  Something inside of me snapped and I went crazy on the fucking things.  I took one of my surf boards out of the back of my truck and just started smashing the shit out of em.  I still don't know how or when they arrived but it was Cole's ugly mug that I first saw when my rage finally cleared.  I don't know... maybe I really didn't want to die as badly as I thought or maybe I just believed in what he was telling me enough to give it a try."  Jasper fell silent again as a tear fell silently and unnoticed down his cheek.<br/><br/>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br/><br/>Minerva glanced over at Ash and Cole who as of yet had not said anything but she suspected they were just waiting for the right moment.  Looking back over to Conor a soft smile spread across her face.  "Honey if I thought you were imposing I would have just tossed all of you off my roof and been done with it."  Minerva knew Conor wasn't looking and couldn't see the unspoken words that lay in her eyes so she added in a softer tone of voice, "I'll just go ahead and make us some good old fashioned apple pie... then I can fix up that suit of yours while it cools."  Minerva shot a look at Ash and Cole that dared them to contradict her.