A smile began to form from the corner of her lips. Nic: Really? Patrick: Mmm hmm definitely Nic: Im not used to compliments like that Patrick: Oh u ar... Nic trust me Nic: I love the attention u give me *smiles* Patrick: Its natural … I like u I stopped and tried to hide the, Oh shitt I did not just say that, look on my face. I didnt want her to think I was crushing on her but it was too late. I looked at her to try and judge her reaction. Slowly she cocked her head to the side. Nic: Hmmm u like. "The hospital probably thinks I'll be asleep for the rest of the nightwith that sedative they shot into me," he concluded. "That's why I can'tbring any attention to my room," he continued to think about his plan."Once I get dressed and makeup on, I'll just walk out with the rest ofthe visitors just in time for closing time," he thought. "In order tomake this believable I have to let my hair down and go into full femalemode," he thought as he started to put his plan into motion.He lifted the. Taking a breath, I recovered in the shadow of a standing wave passing over a boulder further upstream, leaning forward into the current. “No-one knows for sure,” I said finally. “A great many. Probably less than infinite.”“How much less than infinite?”“We don’t know,” I answered, resuming my careful sidesteps. “But there’s a more interesting question there, I think.”“Like what?”“Well, like the fact that some infinities are bigger than other infinities.”The extended silence from above allowed me. Beth said, "Britt was making fun of Shawna. He is such a meany some times."We sat down for dinner, and a few senators and congressmen stopped by. Each happily posed with Beth and Mary, and then just Mary. When I asked a couple of them about things to do in town, they laughed at me. Paula Hawkins, the senator from Florida and from Winter Park, was across the room. I knew her son from high school, but not very well. Still needing to get an answer, I went over, asked her to stop by, and meet one.