" Theresa answered."You knew Dad in school? What grade?" Jessica persisted."Jessica..." Fourth," Jeanie said with a gleam in her eye. "This lug here n...ver wrote me a love letter either." Hey!"Jessica giggled, then said, "Bet you didn't need to, did you? Big strong man taking Jeanie out on Friday nights." Are you making fun of me?" So what did he say?" Jeanie asked."He couldn't tell me where he was, but he said it was no fun." Because you weren't there," Jeanie added.Jessica blushed."Maybe I. "Cheryl sounded like a little girl. "Want to go to your place, then?"Just at that moment they pulled into the Pizza Hut. The conversation continued over a 14" Sausage pizza."It's fine with me. But, really, I can't recommend using the Device again for a while. It's just not healthy to be using it very often."Cheryl didn't know if she understood, but decided not to ask further questions. "Oh. Let's go to my place then. Besides..." (she gave Jeffrey a very interesting glance) "... I'm sure we'll. He’d lost two-thirds of himself, and the remainder was a heart attack victim in a hospital bed. Safe. He’d paint the word in sarcasm if he could muster anything more than dull apathy. Roger’s visits were the only real light, the one thing he felt like staying awake for, though the cheery pep-talks he offered didn’t infuse him with strength. “Rest, bro. All you need is time.” Jahn hadn’t been able to help his response, his bleakness spilling over into the room around him. “Why bother? Dad had it. I was horny as fuck—-typical right after a game. Me and Parker head for the basement, where I first kick off my PF Flyer's, and rip my tee off. As I walk past Parker, he made a slight comment about my funk, to which I just grin and take a whiff myself of my right pit. “Ya, lol, that's the stink of a quarter back for sure”. I fish out a couple of beers from the mini-fridge, then a joint from the nite stand drawer. I take a couple of swigs, then light up the joint. I take a hard pull, then hand.