Michelle opened her eyes at the sound of the door opening. The nurse poked her head in, asking her if she was ready to leave. Michelle gathered her wi...s, looking about the examining room. She caught her breath. “I’ll be out in just a minute,” she answered the nurse. She got up off the table and began dressing. Whatever the doctor was using to alleviate her discomfort was sure giving her funny dreams, she thought … and smiled. She walked down the hall and into the waiting room, strutted really. I walked over to the wardrobe and was looking at the clothes hanging there, all short skirts and short dresses, on a shelf just below this was a video player, with a little red light on 1 button, I pressed the play button, it whirred into action, then I could here Debbie laughing and turned round with a start, the room was still empty, the sound of Debbies voice was coming from the other side of the room, “do you like that” and “mmmmm” were coming out of the large cabinet opposite the bed, I. Felice joined us about thirty minutes later. She kissed my cheek before she took my now empty mug and went into the house. She returned with two cups. Somehow that felt normal. We sat and drank our coffee and talked about our jobs and how bored we were before school resumed and commented on how that contrasted with the previous May when we wanted school to end more than the kids did. We talked about the neighbors and mutual friends at our schools. I learned that she loved baseball. I told her. As she walked up to me, she smiled. "Someone's happy to see me", I said. "Haha, maybe there was someone behind you I was looking at", she said with a wink. "I'm crushed", I replied, "So what are you doin' Saturday?", I asked as we walked towards our next class."I'm gonna be busy", she replied. "Oh yeah", I said, "busy with what?" You're gonna laugh", she said with a blush. "Me? Never!", I countered with a grin. "I have a pageant", she said, not looking at me. I barely stifled a demonic laugh."A.