"You saw me jump, right?"She pulls over, puts her bike on its kickstand, and sits down on the curb. "Yeah, that was me in the window."Gavin parks his ...ike along side hers, and gesturing at Mac to sit, offers her his hand. "Gavin Young."She reaches up and shakes. "Laura Ramirez. Elena and I have been best friends since second grade."Remembering the possibility of wandering cats, he wraps Mac's leash securely around his arm, and sits down beside her. "I just met her today."Laura stares at him for. There were no more kills after I left the fight. Everybody had started to run out of gas about the same time, so the battle broke off with John getting credit for one kill. We didn't claim mine because nobody had actually seen it go down.We were still confined to base because of the CO's punishment of us for getting drunk, so we spent the night in our own bar. The NCO (Non-commissioned Officer) who acted a bartender and policeman of the premises knew how much to let us drink, and then he cut us. He said believing is just fooling yourself and I believed everything he said.I remember my family teasing me that night when I put on my third choice of shirts, the final decision a chest-hugging pink tee shirt with a low neck line. My friends and family laughed at how much I was obsessing over the way I look, something I NEVER do. And this was just dinner, supposedly. I had no other expectations, only fantasies that I never thought would come true. He was due to arrive in thirty minutes and I. ” She could hear those last words, her Mother always saying “Now, Crystal don’t get to doubting yourself, honey.” She almost laughed out loud. The puppy, a black lab and collie mix, that she’d named “Einstein” looked up for his morning food. “Okay, Ein, hold on, baby boy.” She got the food and put it into his bowl, got her coffee and went back to bed to read the paper. First she wanted to check her email to see if Criag had gotten up yet and emailed her back. He.