"I needed to do something fast so I answered, "Sorry Sir! Jack's back is a joke that we share. He's fit for duty. Prove it to him Jack, bend down and ...ouch your toes."Jack tried to avoid the whole subject by starting what would be an endless number of steps, "Okay, but first I need to take off my pack and body armor."The Captain waved us off and said, "Forget it, you two need to head for the roof of the hospital and provide over watch for us."We began to haul ass to the roof and Jack of course. He took her hand as she got from the bus and she put her arm through his as they strolled along. In the dark they were just another couple out on a date. "Well we've time for a drink in The Crown before we go in? " Dan suggested. " Oh, go into a pub, that's cool! Janet enthused. "Come on then, and just act like its normal." laughed Dan. The Crown was cosy inside with after office customers. Dan seated her at a table and went to the bar. He ordered: " A large gin & tonic and a tonic with lemon. " Andrew turned and retreated. Andrew shared James' attraction to the younger girls but he would never act on it. James, however, would and was going to.He approached the group of girls, Amanda admist them. "Hello ladies," he said suavely. The girls giggled; Amanda was the loudest. "Amanda?" Her name slid from his lips. She smiled a big smile and moved closer to him. "Yes sir?" She said cutely. Her friends giggled. She pouted out her lip and looked up at him with her bright green eyes."Can I. Three... “Okay, I give up! Tell me what’s going on!”There were some clicking sounds, and then I heard Heather speak.“Sure thing,” she said.It sounded odd, though. In fact, it was ... identical to her earlier utterance.A moment later, Heather repeated herself.“Sure thing.”I groaned as the mists suddenly cleared. “Oh, are you fucking kidding me?”“Sure thing.”The girls fully lost it now.“Sure thing.”“Muireann!” I barked. “Are you done?”“I never started!” she managed.“Damn it!”I slapped at the wall.