"So, you take my friendship as a privilege?" Laura asked, almost stunned by what he had just said.

"It's more than a privilege" he grinned, "It's the one thing that keeps me breathing."

Laura laughed, "It's great to know I have a best friend out there."

"Heh, yeah." Gil muttered, the word best friend circling around in the back of his head. Is that all he was to her? All he'd ever be to her?

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prolouge one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven tweleve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen twenty twenty-one twenty-two twenty-three twenty-four twenty-five twenty-six twenty-seven twenty-eight twenty-nine thirty thirty-one thirty-two thirty-three thirty-four epilouge