After thinking about it for a while, she realized that they might be right up at Marks, maybe drinking beer and talking about dogs or flying, or somet...ing. Not that she was worried; Mike often had to stay out late -- but she was curious. Besides, that gave her a reason to call Jackie.Kirsten and Jackie had been friends in high school, but after high school, they'd gone their separate ways. It was strange; they'd lived in the same town virtually ever since, except for the few months that Jackie. ‘God, I haven’t had anything up there for nigh on fourteen months.’ Being familiar about mechanics, Charlie volunteered information: ‘It’s a wonder the whole thing hasn’t seized up for the want of lube.’ ‘I suppurate naturally.’ ‘Huh?’ ‘It doesn’t matter lovely man, keep going. Oooh, I can feel it.’ Charlie heard mewing and thought it was a cat. He was unaware Diana’s hard-ass ex-husband had taken the cat to deprive Diana. Diana now owned a 125cc scooter but on her back on the floor she. ” Then it was back to “Tomorrow” by the piccolos and strings. It moved to the final buildup and ended.“Damn, you guys are good.” I said to them all. “Mr. Bell, great trumpet lead on the opening measures.”“Let’s do it again.” I said. They did and it got crisper. We moved on to the ‘Entr’acte.’ “It’s A Hard Knock Life” began it, and it segued into the radio station version of “Maybe.”We did it one more time. After that, I turned to Paul and said, “Ready for your fifteen minutes of fame, Percy?”“I. Preparations done, he let his hands fall by his sides and relaxed every muscle he could find. He felt the angle of his feet open a little as he let go of the always-ready-to-flee tonus in his calves. Through the thin canopy of his face towel, he felt the intense light of the sun and sky eternal above him. Through the bath-towel, his back and buttocks sensed the warmth and smoothness of the granite below him. He let time stop existing. He’d never really understood how there could be this much.