I mean, to be sure you're not mad or anything?" I'm not mad. I'm a little bit afraid that we didn't think about some things before we did that. It wou...dn't be good if something happened from today." When did you say that you'll know?" It should be soon, tomorrow or the day after. I'm feeling like my period is about to start. This is about the first time I've looked forward to it coming. I guess I have you to thank for that." No, thank you. That's what I meant to say before, but it came out. Her black hair was cut short in abuzz cut style. Her whole appearance gave her the look of someone who wasrugged and tough. It was one of the reasons that Brian had agreed tomarry her. It was reassuring to know that she would be there to lookafter him and protect him. Plus the job she had at the construction sitepaid well and they had enough so that they could live a comfortable life.While Jessica cared little for her appearance Brian took great pride inhis. He had a great eye for fashion and. "Well, I'll take a few days off. I took two months off with both Tiffany and Henry, and didn't hit a lick, but Harry was still running the department then, and as luck had it, it was during a slow period, each time. This critter," she said, pointing, "isn't being as cooperative as far as timing goes, and I can't take that much time off, so we're going to shuffle jobs around for a while. Sally's going to be making most of the calls, except for a few that Carrie will make and a few that I have to. I guess being forced to wear itactually showed me that it feels good. And I'd like to do it more, wheneverit's convenient, and whenever it won't get me into trouble, ya know?" Hey, I like it. And I'm okay with you doing it whenever you want around me.Really." And as for me," Monica said, "I'm totally fine with it. Heck I'mresponsible anyway. And it doesn't hurt anyone if you're doing it on yourown and you enjoy it." She left the room.Jackie walked over and gave me a light kiss. "You can be Dan.