"Wait a second. You had a ring? We're you planning on askingme?" I just nodded. "When did you get a ring?" she asked me. Not to beout done. "When...did you get a ring?" I asked her. "Oh no you go firstsince I asked first," Jenny directed me. I took a deep breath."Well, I got the ring today as a matter of fact. But it is somethingthat has been heavy on my mind since the accident," I could see Jennybegin inspecting the tops of her feet and I heard her whisper "Me too".I lifted her head up. I told him that I’d think about it, and I wanted to run it by you four. It’s not until after our Tour is over; that was my first question to him - so think about it please and let me know by the first of next month.”Claire came up to me and gave me a great big kiss.“What did I do to deserve that?” I asked.“You were just being Charles – exactly who I fell in love with.”I could sense she wanted to do more than kiss, so I got up and pulled her out of the spa saying, “Ladies we’ll see you in the. The Gunnery Sergeant that ran the armory invited me to join him on an expedition to the “White Elephant” for some booze and music provided by an Elvis impersonator and some Korean girls that looked Vietnamese to me but I really was not expert enough to make that distinction. The Elvis impersonator was pretty good but his accent ruined some of the best lines in the songs and the Korean girls were giggling so much I don’t think I ever heard a single song.I saw a couple of obvious Marines wearing. I took a shower while Andy changed the sheets on his bed.We slept in the next morning and despite all the protests from his dorm buddies we got out of there unfucked. We enjoyed a nice movie and dinner together and then it was time to hit the road. That’s when the trouble started.Stopping for gas was an ordeal. For some reason the pump didn’t like my credit card and it took over ten minutes just to get gas put in the car. Then like a fool I tried a short cut one of the guys from last nigh.