" Right," I said as I started for the door. After picking up my car, I started to drive to the northern part of the county. That part of the county wa... all country road and views over that side of the mountains. On those roads it was best not to fall asleep. The up side was I could drive till sunup and not see a car. The ideal place if you had thinking to do. I had some random ideas I needed to put to rest.It was close to midnight when my cell phone rang. I knew it was Simpson so I answer it. Petra stood and thanked him for his efforts, he beamed up at her, assuring her it was nothing, glad to be of help. They walked into college together, Dan felt ten feet high, this euphoria was so, so, much better than when he cut himself. Perhaps that could be a thing of the past now he had Petra as a friend. He concentrated on her smile and her eyes which seemed to bestow a kind of personal closeness even in the midst of lots of students. Lots of people said ‘Hello’ to her and, by implication,. You closed the door behind you, followed me into the room, and set the flowers down on a small table. I turned to look at you, my hands awkward in the moment. You said gently, ‘Relax, it’s just me,’ and lifted a thumb to gently coax my battered bottom lip from between my teeth. Again, my unconscious nature had betrayed me and shown you that I was nervous. Your thumb didn’t leave my mouth. Rather, it played with the shape if it, tracing, lightly pulling my bottom lip out a bit, and my mouth. Unless this was a fake which it so obviously was. But before George could speak up and do the right thing, Denise grabbed Ashley's fake ID out of his hand and put her face just inches from his and said in a sexy but domineering tone, " You've been shown ID, so your ass is covered. Just listen and go along with what you hear. Believe me, you won't regret it."George took a good three seconds to assess his situation. There were no cops around, his boss wasn't due in today, there were only two male.