"What are you doing on the couch", he asked her. They hadn't been getting along lately and usually it was him that slept on the couch. "I broke down o... the side of the road last night and my cell was dead", she answered. "I was stranded there for a long time until a very nice couple stopped and gave me a ride home". He looked at her for a few seconds then spoke in a low but stern voice. "Really"? "I guess it was well after some biker used our driveway to turn around", he added. He kept staring. "That sounds like a wonderful!" Lori said scooting closer to Don. "I'll go back and tell Ed that we're heading for our place and they should follow us." Mike said as he opened the door to get out. When Mike arrived at Ed's car he walked to the passenger side window to tell him of the change in plans. Janice rolled down her window so Mike could warn them about the change when he noticed Carol sitting between Ed and Janice and she was openly stroking Ed's. I took off the clothes I slept in and left them in a pile on thebathroom floor.Once the water was warm enough I stepped into the shower. I rememberedeverything Nicole showed me yesterday about cleaning her body. I feltmy legs and they felt they didn't need a shave today. I washed my hairand body thoroughly. Since I didn't have anyone watching me, I latheredup my chest and washed it as if it wasn't anything special.While I was standing here naked in the shower, I looked down at mybreasts, I. The fact that we motored along without a daily battle of Armageddon was as surprising as it was welcome.The occasional king or president died, taking me away somewhere to represent America at the funeral, and I began to attend coronations, investitures, and inaugurations to show the flag and make our presence more obvious on the world stage.Those trips began to pay off almost immediately, as the newly empowered leaders, almost always sought me out to discuss potential trade deals, cooperative.