“Fred, Fred, FRED!” shouted Angel with a ferocious temper, as if he wanted to backhand Fred with a bottle of cheap liquor store tequila. “W-w-what can I help you with Angel?” replied Fred anxiously with a tone so quiet an ants footsteps could drown out his words. “Well you can start off by not being such a weak minded coward and actually saying something during these meetings. Honestly this is a collective decision meaning we ALL need to speak yet you sit there too busy sucking the fingerprint off of your thumb.” “Angel let Fred do what he wants he doesn’t need you shouting at him like your some angry leprechaun trying to protect a pot of gold.” interjected Sadie who was clutching a box of tissues hard enough to damage the tissues on the inside of the box. “What the hell did this crybaby just say to me?” said Angel as he stood up with such an incredible amount of force that the chair he was sitting dropped to the ground and made a loud noise startling Fred who began to panic even more. At this same moment a door in the back of this red room slammed open. The three sitting at the long rectangular table could not see who was on the other side of the door but they already had a genuine idea of who it was. Their suspicions confirmed when they heard the upbeat high pitched chipmunk like voice echo through the room. “Good morning my fellow colleagues.” she said stretching out the letter o in good until she was short of breath. “How are we doing today?” “Shut up Hope and let’s just get this meeting started I’m already sick of this” said Angel with such a disgusted look it was as if he witnessed a feces factory for his first time. Sadie who was wiping the tears away from when Angel called her a crybaby stood up holding a folder resembling the color of fire wood and began reading it out loud. “Okay, so first on our agenda is deciding how our host will react to the passing of their rel-“ Sadie stopped reading and began crying as she always does whenever she reads about someone passing. “ I think this relative would want our host to be happy and not crying, I genuinely don’t like seeing loved ones cry no matter what” stated Hope. “I genuinely don’t like seeing you” replied Angel. “ I’m good for you though, you’re telling me you could survive without me?” “I say we find out, can you go jump off a cliff?” replied Angel. At the same time, Sadie noticed Fred trying immensely to raise his hand so he can speak only for him to change his mind repeatedly bringing his hand down to his lap. “What is it Fred?” asked Sadie. “Oh uhm nothing really I just, well, yeah nothing never mind” Fred said while trying not to meet the eyes of anyone else. “No, no, no, listen here jackass I just got done telling you we aren’t doing that today, what the hell do you want to say?” Angel said while slamming his hand on the table which startled Fred into action. “ Well, I was just thinking maybe we should let our host feel the grief of losing a loved one as it’s important for them to not grow complacent with life.” “ If we let our host disregard mournful feeling they could essentially go numb to even having feelings which means we would probably no longer exist.” stated Fred who was prepared to be yelled at after what he felt was a risky comment. “ Wow Fred, that was so beautifully put I love it, I’m happy you found your voice.” said Hope whose smile hasn’t left her face since the meeting started, “I agree” added Sadie whose eyes haven’t been dry since the meeting started, “I guess I will too so I can go home” spoke Angel whose wrinkles and frown haven’t changed since the meeting started. Fred’s worried look began to change however as he began to smile a little bit and open up his torso a little more to the rest of the feelings. “So it’s decided?” asked Sadie, “ Yes, we will allow our host to grieve their lost one so they may grow stronger allowing us to grow stronger as well” replied Fred. The meeting ended with smiles, tears and frowns, but also with a successful decision.