Her hands flew in a blur across the steering wheel and gearshift. Her legs and feet jammed the pedals. The engine strained and purred. Eyes blazing an... lips grinning ear to ear, she took air over a couple of logs and pulled a final 180, coming to rest just a few feet from Ollie and me."Whoo-oh!" Vivian exclaimed as she hopped out of the Jeep. Her face was flush with excitement and the rest of the crew, who had gathered to watch, gave her a round of applause."How..." muttered Ollie, his chin. Mattie was certainly full of surprises that night.We returned to our seats where I made a toast for a fortunate coming year. We stayed about half an hour longer before calling it a night. Both of our wives walked out of the club on unsteady legs. By the time I dropped Dave and Cindy at their house, Mattie was out cold in the seat next to me. I couldn't wake her up when we reached our house and ended up carrying her in and putting her to bed. I had to laugh. I had seen Mattie drunk, but I had. That's just something I have to give back to my best friend Jamie." What is it?" I asked."It's personal, sir," she said. "I would be very embarrassed to show you." Oh, I feel like we are becoming friends, Becky," I told her. "You can tell me what you have." Do you promise not to make fun of me, sir?" she asked."Of course I won't make fun of you!" I said. "I would never make fun of a friend." OK, sir," she said. My little actor was actually blushing!Becky pulled out the last thing from the bag.. We weren't really connecting and kind of ignored each other most of the night. I told her I was going to leave and I'll just walk home it was only 5 minutes away. She said okay. I made my walk home and back to my apartment. I started watching tv and drinking some harder alcohol. Pretty much what I did every night. I went out for a smoke and saw a car pull into the complex and drive over to my building. No one ever got out and I was trying to watch to see who it was. I finished my.