I pointed out to Nancy that there were only fifteen girls on the squad, one of whom was my sister, and there were fifteen regular season games, not to...mention playoffs. Nancy laughed and said "Don't get greedy Mr big shot quarterback" There's pretty even bets that most of the girls won't have to do this at all." I reached for her saying "Don't count on it. I kind of like this whole "good luck" scheme."But she slapped my hands away. "I wish we could Bobby, but the rules are... just once, right. Tarjana shook her head; these doubts, these memories that must be memories of fevered dreams, when would they go away, when?To distract herself, Tarjana took a moment to stand still, to close her eyes, and to let her awareness reach out to the green, to seek, to find, to know. It was an old trick she had been taught, as a child; when you are in a new place, pause and listen to it, let it come to you, don't continue crashing about like a blind thing, be a woman of the green.As Tarjana fell. The fools who had been shooting at her had never considered that she would be wearing body armor, so they had concentrated on firing at her torso. Well, that much impact would hurt, but it had no way to penetrate the quality of armor that Carol was wearing.On the other hand, none of the men shooting at her were wearing body armor, so she had no trouble putting them down once she hit them. She had assumed that they would be wearing body armor, and that was why she had been using her .45 so much.. Say ... five years? Let's start there."Her smile was cute when she said that, and I decided to give it some thought. The bed was very comfortable, but it was not time to even think about sleeping. I'd slept a lot in the last three months and needed activity, both physical and mental that did not get me shot, to build up my stamina.Catherine was the embodiment of the sexy, woman-of-the-world, as she reclined against a stack of pillows, naked, with a corner of the sheet trapped between her legs..