"Well, I was with Sheeana and Kate and Billy and Tess in a place called the Middle East, which was made up of even smaller cities. Our first big dust up was in Baghdad, where insurgents for Macrowhatever came to try and stop us. Sheeana did The Voice and Tess and I made with our powers to perform a miracle. After that, it was pretty much smooth sailing. The others had to fight Marcoguys at the North Pole though. Their fighting was a bit more intense."

Katara smiled, insisting it was okay, and got the kiss on the cheek. Katara reddened and giggled. "Hey, don't worry about it, I was just hoping you'd find the flute okay. I always thought that guys with instruments were always pretty worldly, and tend to really have a way with the ladies. Good be a good thing for you!"

She winked, then took off the wrapping on her present. When she saw the snowflake, the first thing she did was hold it to the light: she wanted to see it shine. When the right light hit it, she gazed at it in wonder, and a warm smile filled her face. Wordlessly she took the ornament and put it in a bag on her left hip, and gave Jamie a hug.

"It's wonderful, thank you!" She said, smiling. "It's very pretty!"