"Sure you don't need me to pay you back for the game?" He asked, around a sparerib he was gnawing on. "No, I made something from that shoot I showed you; this month's not so tight. Hence the extra night off and a gift for you." "You should get yourself something." He said. "I did, the time off." I took a bite of chow mien and my eyes fell on his lap top. "Hey, you're computer keeps making whistling noises." "Oh, that's just an e-mail notification." He said, "Care if I check real quick? One of my professors e-mails out random extra credit questions sometimes." "Go ahead." I sat there happily eating my shrimp fried rice thinking how nice it was to just have some normalcy while watching Paul open his lap top. I saw his eyes widen and asked, "Everything okay?" "Yeah." He said slowly hi

