I'll be alright."When she finally made it upstairs and shut her room door, I bolted down the hall, up her stairs, and into her room. There were clothe... on the floor already. Damn, she was fast...I walked into her bathroom, seeing her through the frosted glass just barely. When I opened it, she was wearing a one-piece bathing suit."Ha! I knew you'd come up," she said, looking at me. "swimsuits only!" I don't have a swimsuit..." I said."you have underwear on, silly boy..."my clothes were off. I. . Mariah flashed him a grin as he met her eyes again, her face lighting up with the laughing warmth of the expression.Hypnos shrugged without embarrassment as if to say, I may be a god, but I’m still a man.“Do you do this for all the women you sleep with?” she teased, gesturing to the coffee situation in the immortal’s hands.Hypnos mock scowled and narrowed his eyes, placing the tray carefully on the bed as she sat up. “I wasn’t sure what you liked,” he said with a vague gesture, not answering. ’ She pressed her face into his chest and wrapped her arms around him. He could feel her trembling. ‘I’ve always been frightened of thunderstorms,’ she murmured. ‘They…they’re so…so…elemental and powerful.’ Jason kissed the top of her head. Her hair was drenched and matted against her skull. ‘I used to be scared of them when I was real little,’ he said. ‘But one night I saw some lightning bolts. They fascinated me. Next to tornadoes and hurricanes, thunderstorms are nature’s most powerful. I've decided to wait until after lunch to bail out, so I send off a quick email to the other four, checking whether they want to hook up for lunch. Within five minutes, I get four affirmatives back. With the lunch issue settled, I fire up my web browser to check for things to do in San Francisco this weekend.We all decide to take an early lunch to beat the crowds, sneaking out of the building at eleven thirty. Jessica volunteers to drive, so we all pile into her new vehicle, a Toyota Echo. Phil.