<div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"> Connor Andrews</span></div><div align="center">Tag Mel, any</div><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">Put foot in mouth instead of brain in gear says the clumsy bear</span></div><br/>Connor looked at Paisley there was no mistaking the look, he'd seen it before, too many times in fact.<br/><br/>He also heard the unknown female speaking Chinese recognising the word bear and corn, he no idea what else had been said , his Chinese was limited and that was putting it nicely , still he did know one proverb that seemed rather apt "bīngdòngsān chǐ fēi yī rì zhī hán" he said in reply.<br/><br/>He was under no illusion that he'd butchered the language and so he hoped that he had said 'A single day of sub-zero temperature is not enough to create three feet of ice'...but for all he knew he'd just complemented her on her lack of acne and wondering if she gave private lap dances....certainly he hadn't used this particular proverb for almost two years , it was the counter sign during an op in China , an op that he'd prefer to forget ever happened not least because their contact not only had a massively protective nature with regards to his language but because their contact had changed sides without informing His Majesty's Government which would explain why they had spent two months playing hide and seek with two divisions of 'the peoples army' as his troop made there way out of China without the planned pickup.<br/><br/>Wyatt appearred all smiles and Connor wondered if his mother had been right it wasn't beyond him to repair the damage , he glanced behind and saw Melly in the center of the dance floor attracting looks from several males ...the repair would begin and end with her.<br/><br/>"It was nice seeing you again " Connor said "Maybe next time " with that he turned and walked into the dance floor coming up behind Melinda as the music faded away.<br/><br/>"I should have said goodbye , your family deserved at least that and you definitely did, for that I'm sorry " Connor paused for a few moments "and I know what you did for my mother for that I'll always be grateful" his voice sincere when he added  "If I could wipe away all the tears I caused you I would ,but I can't wish the past away , I don't have any way to make you see I never cheated on you, when it ended between us I couldn't be near you and not be near you the way it used to be" the music started up again " I never stopped loving you that's why it still hurts...Goodbye Melinda" with that Connor turned and began to walk away.<br/><br/>In a way he was relieved but equally he'd once again walked away from the woman he loved and once again he felt like a total fool.