I have a feeling Rick is watching me from the doorway, so I excuse myself too. "Be back soon," I say.As I exit the dining room, Rick is in fact there ...nd appears to have been waiting on me."Took you so long?" he jokes."You know your fam, talkative," I smile warmly."C'mere," he leads us out onto the front deck. We both lean on the rail. "Nice night out," he speaks quietly."Yeah," I agree. "Kinda cool, no wind."He looks at me and leans a little closer. "It's cool over there maybe, but not. I guess I should never underestimate the dirtiness of a male mind. I slide my key into the lock and pushed open the door.He was already there sitting on the bed in nothing but the hotel's white bathrobe - I could already see the bulge. I took a deep breath, entered the room quickly and closed the door behind me. He looked up and fixed his eyes on mine. All he said was, "Are you sure about this?" I simply said, "Yes" and went to the bathroom to change.A few minutes later I walked out in the same. ‘Tie up your hair, honey.’ I rushed to do as he’d asked, carefully avoiding the lump on the back of my head. I let out a little gasp as I felt the warm soapy sponge pressed against the back of my neck. Mr P began to soap my body all over. Starting at my neck he rubbed gently down and across my shoulders, massaging my flesh, down my arms and then back up and down along my spine. Suds ran in little rivulets along my skin and I sighed in quiet abandon at the wonderful feeling, my body beginning to. That’s why there are no more Raiders. All of our forces, including the Minutemen, have trained to do this.”We kept walking west. After a couple minutes, Maggy quietly said, “We didn’t stand a chance at all, did we?”“Nope. So phrasing it politely, you chose wisely.”“I guess we did. So now what?”“Now, we stop for a minute. What do you see in that parking lot over there?”“Shit, is that a deathclaw? Oh, crap.” She looked scared.Deacon said, “Oh, good. It’s been a while. And we’re in a good spot to.