I was a baseball player, and she loved baseball. If we weren't talking about Shakespeare we were arguing over who was the best shortstop between Alex ...odriguez, Derek Jeter and Nomar Garciaparra. A girl who knows her sports can be a turn-on, and she was smoking hot. Prior to our group assignment I noticed she had been flirting with me. I didn't know it at the time but I felt comfortable playing along since I knew nothing was going to happen (rookie logic). One day she decided since her parents. JI was sitting on the sofa my living room. I had, for the first time in many weeks, decided to take a break from both my girlfriend and partying, to just relax with a good movie and some hot tea. I started the film, Betty Blue, if anyone should be interested, I am into artsy French movies, and just as I sat down, my doorbell rang. I stopped the film, got up, and walked to the door. I assumed it was either one of my friends who wanted to pop over, or someone Christian trying to convert me. It. In the month I’d been around them, I’d never seen Liz give them anything more affectionate than a hand slap. I wondered if I had been forgotten when she spun from Ryan and embraced me so hard that I worried about my ribs breaking. I patted her sweaty back and kissed her salty hair.She gave me a smile and a quick kiss before she turned around to face the rest of the group.“Thank you,” she said. “I ... I’m sorry for keeping it from you. I promise to keep trying to do better.”“Just do what you’ve. As it was, they needed me. That need was the only thing that kept me from going completely insane.We held each other tightly all night. Angel would not let me out of her sight, or her grasp. We took what comfort we could in each other. With all of us in the same shape, that was little enough.Basilisk was left at Boreal for protection of the detatchment there, while the people sent began the grisly cleanup effort. The dead don't bury themselves. Though it was difficult, everyone in our group,.