I thought she was with one of the guys but I ask one of them and he said they had just picked her up at the bar at O'Charleys. Her name was Cathy. She...looked so inocent and cute like a littly teenage cheerleader. So I tried my luck with her for awhile but she didn't seem that interested in me. I sort of backed off and soon I saw her going outside with another dude at the party. I just chalked her up as one that got away. Well as the night went on most of the people had left and I decited to. He seemed suddenly aware of the sprinkling of people around him. His eyes rested on Graham briefly and the dark orbs widened at Graham's blue uniform. It was an all too familiar reaction and Graham looked coolly back until the youth turned away. Graham sighed. The teenager's reaction depressed him further. The teen was Graham's present; another adolescent, lean and hungry, stalking the dark winter streets, always wary of a passing cruiser, always shy of the law. They shared another look and. Die now, die later. We all die." and unsealed my helmet. When I pulled it off and took a deep breath my lungs got tight for a second, then everything was fine. I smiled and exhaled. A shrill singing just at the limits of my hearing went away. We were no doubt under observation, but I gestured to Charley. "Tell 'em we've broken containment on one of us with no problems. Who's next?" The rest of the guys started popping their seals too. Soon we were all walking bare-assed naked with our suits. " God, girl, are you dense," Beth said. "You don't think men have the guts to make a move in a situation like this, do you? I kind of liked you in his lap, but I'm sure he thinks it was a joke. You've got to do better than that." Well, I'm not ready to start a conversation on oil fields or football," I said.Beth looked exasperated. "I don't see how you ever got married, even to a bookworm like Bob. You don't talk to men, not at this stage, you do something physical. And the only kind of body.