It had been perfect. Then he got called away. Hell, he'd never even seen it with furniture — she'd had to move in alone, two days after he left.He s...epped inside, still holding her. As he moved into the room, she stepped away, nervous once again, watching his face; waiting for his reaction to the appearance of their home. She knew it wasn't much, but she had done her best to make it pleasant.Jason scanned the room, knowing she wanted him to look. He wouldn't have cared what it looked like as. "He put his arm around her shoulders again. "We all are. You and me and Brandon and Meredith and everyone. That's why we're such good friends. That's why we love each other."She turned to look at him. "You? You're not an outsider." Maybe not anymore," he said. "But that isn't because I met people who just magically let me in. I learned. I learned how to be ... How to get along with people. How to, you know, present myself. So that people didn't want to kick me out. And I learned how to be. As we climbed out, I urged her to look out my window as the plane banked over the ocean to fly over L.A.“Oh, my God! I didn’t know L.A. was so big! It’s beautiful at night.”Her enthusiasm reminded me of when I was this young, just a few years ago but it seemed like ages. Sandy leaned across me, trying to look out the window, so her hair was just about in my face. I inhaled and smelled lavender and maybe ... mango? I liked her smell, her look, and her personality. She would be fun to shoot with,. We were lucky with the rain... Lots of thunder... no water... The clouds are very dark to the east and north, it might be a different story for Mark... Uncle Leon?" Yeah?" We made almost thirty kilometers in less than an hour. We were really hauling ass!" Hah! The pass at the Northern Plateau... You're never going to let me live that down, are you?" I live to tease..." I know... Okay team, saddle up!"9:01 AM EDT, on the road to Harmin... There was still occasional thunder, but the wind had died.