But when he looked at her, he just saw a beautiful woman who had been badly hurt. He had noticed the smiles were already coming faster to her face and...he hadn’t heard her say anything nasty for days unless some-one, pissed her off.He had even overheard a comment that the person hoped Bray kept doing whatever he was doing. Tammy was a lot nicer to have around this trip. He had smiled as he quietly walked away. He knew he was risking his heart, but if he could help her even a little, he felt it. Most ofthe parties I really enjoyed but there were a couple where people got totalking about politics, or global warming or some other subject that Iwas, like, just totally not interested in. Like, why would anyone wantto talk about global warming when clothing styles, or who is dating who,is so much more interesting? Whenever a party turned boring I'd justwander back to our suite (Unless the party was in our suite, of course)and just turn on the TV and watch an old movie. I like the old. . it's what we settled on, whatI've become." Well," he said, still looking a little flummoxed, "I can't say Iunderstand, but I suppose sometimes desperate times call for desperatemeasures. No problem though, we'll have your belongings processed withinthe hour or so, we'll have them back to you and you'll be able to returnto normal." I don't want to though," I barely whispered, realizing it was true, thatdressing as Alex again felt beyond wrong, the clothes rough, itchy, baggyand altogether. "Well, if you're tired, perhaps you should go to bed early tonight. We can finish the movie tomorrow." No no, I'm fine, really," he smiled. I smiled back as I ruffled his hair. It was something I had always done for him, and he seemed to enjoy it. As my hand tussled through his hair, his smile grew wider and his eyes closed again, leaning up into my hand. I thought I heard a soft moan of disappointment as I pulled my hand away. I laughed nervously as I settled back into the couch,.