What are you doing? W…We n…need to talk.’ She broke free from his grasp and just started to walk to his office in the back. Xander just smirked ...nd trailed behind her. As soon as the office door closed Lexi smacked Xander across the bicep. ‘What the hell Xander?’ ‘Ow! Lexi this is what we agreed to. We need to start now.’ ‘I’m not sure…’ ‘I heard what Cora said Love. It’s true all we really have to change is to look more intimate with each other.’ Xander reached out and grabbed Lexi’s hand and. But it didn’t change things. Everyone knew they spent a whole lot of time together which had to mean something. And with Darrell Ray’s reputation as a fighter, plus the Rhodes brothers to back him up, no one wanted to risk hustling Bebe when the two of them were all lovey-dovey.All that changed when they weren’t getting along. The other young bucks would start swarming around her like damn flies to honey. Sooner or later, and most of the time it’d be sooner, the redneck Romeos would start. " You need to have a shit?" I nodded, "I'll get the reed bucket." Can I try and walk to where you do it? I think I can now..." I didn't want the mortification of doing it in front of her. "Well perhaps I might need a bit of support," I added thinking it might be a way of getting my arms around her again. She looked doubtful but allowed me to put my legs on to the floor and unsteadily start to stand. It was more painful that I anticipated but after a couple of steps, L'ncze simply scooped me. " I need a drink and I guess something to eat. How about you Sammy love?" Yes, I think a sandwich is all I can eat right now with a glass of tea." I'll go fix us one each then." as Joanne sat up and then stood up.As Joanne went to fix a couple of sandwichs and a couple of teas, I stood up and went to the table and sat down and watched Joanne fix our dinner.After we ate our dinner and drank our tea, I went out and checked on a couple of things that I hadn't checked on after the ice storm, due to.