Keep your faith close. Protect Joey, and don’t let anyone else stop you because it’s too dangerous. Do whatever you can to protect him, even if it...means jumping out the god-damned window to go after him! He is everything! Think creatively! You can get through anything with him, even if he’s...” She choked up and ran her hand across her lover’s heart. “ ... even if he’s dying in your arms and you think there is no hope. As long as he is alive and with you, there is always hope.”Tricia clutched. “Were you looking at my arse?” I didn’t say nothing, kept my face in the magazine. “You were, weren’t you? You were looking at my arse.” I put the magazine down. “I couldn’t fucking miss it, could I?” Then he slapped himself on the bum. He said, “It is sexy though, innit?” Dirty bastard was spanking himself on the bum, looking over his shoulder at me, licking his lips. “You’re not right, you, mate.” “Do you really like it then?” “What?” “My arse.” “Put some pants on, will you?” “But you’ll not. ” Heat crept up from his neck and filled his own cheeks. “She’s a real smartass, but I like her.” Norm laughed at his son. “It takes one to know one. I for one would like to see more of Hadley.” That was the thought that burned deep in his own mind, because Marcus had wanted to see more of Hadley too. **** “You thinkin’ about who you’re inviting for Friday night yet, Jennings?” Hot water splashed down Marcus’ face, and trickled down the drain in the locker room. Fabian’s voice boomed in. They talked for hours and he slept on her couch that night. They loved each others company. That was the first dream they had of each other. Each night they would have dreams and become closer and closer to each other. But neither one of them realized that they lived so close to one another, and that they could have met in real life already if they just had tried or took some of the pointers left in their dreams and followed the trail of bread crumbs that their dreams were leaving them so they.