With an insistence to her tone that Jill found mildly amusing, Joan said, "We went to the store and found the skinniest guy there," keeping her eyes d...wncast to avoid looking at Jill, whose nipples had stiffened and were more than obvious to even a casual glance."That's right, we did," Jill said, "but we picked the wrong guy."Looking at Jill for the first time since catching her looking at her breasts, Joan sputtered, "So tell me, how is it you know we picked the wrong guy?" It's obvious, Joan.. My excitement was now at an all time peak. I was now 10 metres away fromthe safety of my room. I walked a little further, my heart was fluttering,now I was closer to the hotel reception than I was to my bedroom, I was onmy way, no turning back now. I walked into the main reception area &nervously looked around. To my enormous delight the lady behind thecounter looked up from her computer & gave me a brief smile beforereturning to her work. Wow, I was actually passing as Laura. I walkedtowards. "Shit. I suddenly wished she was back in a coma. That only lasted a couple of seconds, though. "Sorry," I mumbled. I meant about my thoughts. I'd been telling her my thoughts so much I guess I thought she could hear them or something."Oh, you're forgiven," she said, her eyes still closed. "I'm hungry." I don't know if I can give you anything to eat or not," I said doubtfully. "Let me call Mom and tell her and she'll tell me what to do." No!" Her voice was much more firm now. Her eyes opened and. I wasn’t going to avoid Annie. At the very least, I wanted her back in mylife as a friend. As for starting anew, my concerns remained. I was willing to try for more, as long as we took it ‘slow and steady’. I didn’t know how long it would take, but we could only build a new relationship, if we took it step by step. Anne had suggested as a solution, that I give her as much of a relationship as I could offer her. She was right, but that only addressed part of the issue. We needed to find a.