I smiled, winked and sucked the finger that had been in my slit.When the bell went I hung back until the others left. As the last back disappeared I w...lked over to Prunies desk putting a foot on the edge of his chair. I thought he was going to have a heart attack as I reached in to retrieve the marker."Please throw this out for me Mr Prune, I think it's finished."I placed the marker in his hand, turned around, collected my books, and flounced out of the class reaching behind, raising my skirt. Told you I could do it. Fucker! Now, where's that boy, Tim? I need laid. Speak of the devil... !When Tim stepped up to the doorway, the bouncer blocked his entrance. Suki stood, stuck her head out to let him know Tim was part of her group. He was sweaty and flushed, as was Lisa. Suki didn't care. She grabbed him by the shirt, pulled him inside against the wall and plastered herself to him."C'mere stud!" She smiled.She shoved her tongue down his throat, ground herself into him like before. He. ”Al smiled, “Good. And the soft drinks?”“No more than one a day,” I said.“I think that’s OK. For now.”“Are you EVER going to quit riding my ass?” I chuckled.“No!” Al laughed, but then turned serious. “Jess needs you, Steve. She’ll always need you. And keeping you as healthy as I possibly can is high on my priority list. And that’s over and above normal doctoring.”“Which explains your over-the-top response to me passing out when Nick was murdered.”“Actually, that wasn’t over the top. What. But what I really crave is that sense of oneness that we felt that night, and to a lesser extent, a few other times. But what I finally figured out was that the closeness that I craved was suffocating to her. While I drew tremendous peace and reassurance from that feeling, she was terrified of the loss of self it entailed. That evening, when I came home from work and tried to describe how I'd felt the night before, she claimed that she'd had 'a bit too much wine and smoke.' And I, foolishly,.