." She started, "I really do not know what to expect from this trip other than the fact that I should not really expect anything. David has always sai... expectations are often let down, that you should make the most of things as they happen. He is quite a smart person. I honestly cannot see why he hasn't a steady girlfriend, but he has been known to relish in the fact that he has come to terms with being by himself. I hope that, at least, for couple of days, I can give him some sort of comfort. "Yes, yes please!" Get in," smiled the old man, although he didn't have the kind of face towhich a smile easily arose. The rear door opened and Mike bent down to getin. He was shocked to see a man in the back seat. He was in his midtwenties by the looks of it, same as Mike, and was dressed smartly as ifhe was returning from a function of some kind. "Please, get in," said theman in a soft English accent. Mike did so, sliding across the leather seatnext to the stranger who nodded at his driver to. "Chris? Oh, no, no! It can't be! Not you - you shouldn't be here, Chris!" I'm sorry," I said, "do I know you?"We were standing in a busy street in a town I was visiting for the firsttime, and I had never seen this girl before, so far as I knew. Althoughthere was something vaguely familiar about her boyish figure that Icouldn't quite place."It's me, Chris, Keith! Keith Bradley! At least I was - I'm Miranda now.God, Chris, I never stopped thinking about you!"Keith?! I couldn't process this. Keith. These were extraordinary circumstances, and they merited extraordinary measures. I threw my robe behind me and climbed under his sheets. The bed was still warm where he had been lying, and the covers smelled like musk. Brian turned around when he heard the rustling.“What are you doing?” he asked, obviously beyond puzzled. Not every day does a scantily clad woman climb into your bed apropos of nothing. Well it had at least gotten me somewhere.“It’s freezing in my room! Why I don’t I just sleep.