We did shots for every eucher, set, or loaner. Me and Megan were killing travis and abs the first 3 games.. We flirted back and forth across the table...while we played, shooting each other looks. After about 5 or 6 hands we were all feeling mellow from the half bottle of turkey we had tore through. We decided to watch the rest of the movie, and turned out the lights. Me and abs curled up on the bench seat on our side of the table, with Trav and Megan on the other. In no time, Abs had my hand. "She just likes to tease me, but I'm learning how to pull her chain too," I boasted.Mr. Oldham came in the back door and through the kitchen. I waved at him and he waved back as he headed up the stairs. Damn, I thought. I won't get to tell him about the game tonight."Are you going to have time for me this weekend? Am I going to be able to see you?" Alice's voice was soft and dreamy, like she was waiting anxiously for my answer. This was unlike her. She often told me what we were going to. Sarah had even collaborated with Elise and some of Elizabeth's prodigies to develop a number of space based scenarios. They were important in helping Simon to get ready for his tour of duty onboard the Rebecca.Ben Jr. and Jenny would be heading off for their war games soon at the head of the red and green groups — now renamed as the third and fourth companies of the New Woden Legion. They kept their wits sharp by pitting themselves against the VR's more difficult scenarios.At the training camp,. Mike just facilitated. He kept the mental wheels spinning so that other people could see their jobs in new ways. It may have sound like a high pressure position, and it was, but it didn’t require that decisiveness that distinguishes leaders from followers. So that’s how he found himself entering his second month in a small Arabian Gulf country, helping a very large company re-invent their payroll system. The funny thing was that he didn’t speak any Arabic or know anything about payroll systems..