Reclining back on the sofa, she looked at both of us and then finally asked, "Do you two always run around like this?"Before I could answer, Annie ans...ered, "From what Jeffrey told me, yes, but it's the first time we are doing it together." Oh," Eva let out. "So, you two aren't a couple?" Of course not," Annie said. "To be honest, we only talked with each other, for real, for the first time last night."Eva frowned with her eyebrows and asked, "And still, you sit naked with him like that, even. You grow, or you go crazy." I'm not crazy." No," I said. "You're subject to philosophical excursions, though."Giggle. "I do that sometimes. Bothers my co-workers to no end."The rain changed to 'downpour' status as we drove through the storm. I slowed down, the wipers beating hard to subdue the flood on my windshield, losing the battle. When the taillights of the car ahead of me almost went invisible, I reached over and punched the emergency flasher button. Jenn's hand touched mine briefly."You. “He’s my best friend. I’ve known him since we were five years old!” Chuck answered with a broad grin.“I don’t recall his name being on the guest list for the wedding.”Chuck said, “I thought he was dead or left behind when the military pulled out. He was over in Pakistan fighting the last of the warlords and didn’t come back with everyone else ... or at least not that I’d heard.”“Maybe he wasn’t there at the time of the collapse,” Gary said.“I suppose that’s possible,” Chuck said. “I can’t. " You know my Billy was always talking about how people in the main stream religions were always trying to hurt God's work to protect their own positions."Paul's voice came into her ear. "If I wasn't afraid of TC and Hobo, I would fall madly in love with you. You are doing great!"Shawn didn't notice the smile over her face, but Vivian did. "You really did love your Billy, didn't you?"Shawn just realized what she had done. "Yes," she recovered, "every time I think of him I smile. Sometimes I.