"I went to the two Special Ops guys and asked them what they thought. Red Dog said, "You don't need us now. You really didn't need us when the shit hi... the fan. Mouse and I were here but you led the others to negate the problem. We'll call in, and I'm sure they will want us to return."The CS&S pilots were in favor of doing something other than nothing. I called the CS&S charter office and talked to DeDe. She was happy she could keep more airplanes on the mainland rather than flying to Hawaii.. I went into the mall and found my friends. I wasn't a lot of fun that evening as I was anxious to get back home. When I got home I downloaded the pictures onto my computer and also stored them in the cloud. I thought about showing them to Dad and telling him what I had seen but then a different idea came to my mind. Jasmine came home about a half hour later. I called her and told her that I wanted to show her something. "I was at the mall this evening and saw something I want to show you.". He looked like he knew how to handle himself too, as he slid away from Barry’s furious punches, but Tina knew if Barry hit the guy, things would get bad for him. Barry was big and had at least fifty pounds on her would-be rescuer.She also noticed that Barry had his back to her.Like his friend, it was Barry’s day to discover just how disabling being punched in the kidney was. His breath went out of him and he dropped to his knees in agony. A foot swung up from behind to meet his balls and Barry. I sat down next to him, looked around. A long time we just sat there, watching and listening to the sea and the seagulls. From afar laughter drifted over.David broke the silence. “I don't wanna go to the pub tonight. I want to spend today with you. Or at least the rest of today.”I nodded. “Sure. But....” I didn't know what to say. Again. Would that ever get better? “No but.” He turned to me and kissed me. “Just you and me”, he whispered between our lips. His warm hand touched my thigh, brushed.