If they apply themselves to their task, they might just push through." You're not answering my question, General," Laura said sternly. "Will they succ...ed?" I can't say one way or the other," he said. "That's what I'm trying to tell you. It is possible for them to take Eden with what they have out there facing what we have out there. The question is, do they have the will to do it?" The will?" The will," he confirmed. "If they do take Eden, it's going to be costly for them. Their APCs and their. Josh was tall, friendly, and, if the army of girls always chasing after him were any indication, preposterously good-looking. Good, I told myself. That just makes everything easier. I went home, closed the door to my room, and, to my unabashed horror, started crying. It felt like someone was wringing my insides like a damp rag, squeezing the tears out of me. I slept maybe twenty minutes the whole night. Woke up feeling hung-over despite having nothing to drink. I didn’t bother shaving or even. He looked at her. She looked back. She bit her lip while her hands came to his waistband and started to pull at his boxers. He helped her when the material got caught on his erection and then it was free and he was naked from the waist. He opened his mouth as if to speak and she pre-empted him by pulling his face towards hers, moving her lips to his ear and as she spoke he placed kisses against her neck. “Don’t speak.” With one hand on his erection she used the other to pull down her panties.. Don'tworry, though. This is just a precaution."I took him at his word as he poked a vein and drew his sample. I reallywasn't worried at all. It turns out I should have been.That evening Mom fussed over me as if I were dying. She was solicitousabout every little thing and even made one of my favorite dinners forme. Dad was concerned, too, but he held it in, just asking me about halfa dozen times if I felt okay. My younger brother, Doug, thought it wasamusing. He was only fifteen and was the.