She shoved her books into her faded messenger bag, grabbed her purse and ran out the door. As she reached the steps descending into the tube, she deci...ed to save time. Swinging one leg over the rail, she slid down, her whoops echoing off the walls. As she hopped off the end, she got several disapproving looks from the other tube patrons. Giving one lady a friendly grin, she commented ‘It’s alright, I’m an American. Being a pain is in my blood. Better keep an eye on your tea!’ Winking, she ran. I don't want them to grow too dependent on my decisions."After that break we listened to each express his or her idea of where we should search next. The one common thread to all of their ideas was that we secure any military bases close by and search the areas around those bases for survivors. Of course there were military bases all over the southeast and southwest. It was finally decided to move out towards the northeast coast of Florida and the contiguous southeast coast of Georgia. This was. She joked that I should sell my truck and ride with her, Seattle wasn’t that much farther than her place. We finished dinner and moved to the bar and ordered a couple of beers. I asked her if she had any deadline for getting home and she said no. She was single and did freelance writing for magazines so she could do her job from anywhere. In fact, she was using the trip as the basis for an article for Easy Rider magazine, “What are you going to call the article?”She said wryly, “How about. She had them written down on a sheet of paper. I felt it was a little late, seeing as i'd moved in and all. But i had learned, by now, to place my own needs as secondary. She was such a beautiful, dynamic, woman, that i was willing to do anything to make our relationship a successful one."Here's the way i see it" she started "I earn four times what you earn. I am obviously the predominant bread-winner in this arrangement. So I feel, that you should make up for that deficiency, by performing.