I have to stay in bed with her or she'll cry during the night."She looked down the hallway and then at my door, contemplating her options. At the end ...f it all she decided to go into my brother's room. He entered and climbed under the blanket beside me. The central air was on in our house, causing it to be cooler than the mid-80s it was outside. He rested his hand around my waist from behind. I felt secure and soon drifted off.His adjusting behind me stirred me from my deep slumber. The sun was. So there I was, standing in front of the coffee machine, waiting for the steam pipe to warm up to make myself some frothy milk (that was my plan for this morning; usually I had my coffee very strong, very black, with a dip of honey, poured into a pre-warmed mug). In the haze, in my world, totally calm and relaxed, humming one of Led Zeppelin's early songs, I didn't hear the steps. I jumped when they were just behind me. It was my colleague, surprising me with his early presence. “Oh, hi,. "I gave him two beats to take it back, then said, "When people are shooting at you with machine guns, you're pinned down, and your only help is bleeding out beside you, leaving anyone alive is not high on the list of priorities. I wish I'd left them all alive, so I could kill them again." He caught the fury in my voice and wisely said nothing.His number one went over the briefing notes from the ride home, looking for more. He wanted more details, more of my impressions, and more about my state. I was a good looking kid although shy I had a few close friends but no real girlfriend, my sister was 26 a red head and ‘very hot’ according to my friends. She was 5’7” 110 lbs she was about a 34b up. One day while watching her son she had called and asked if I could stay overnight and that she was going to go out with some friends after class. I agreed being that not too much was going on. A week or so earlier I had found on her counter some of her school paperwork. One of the papers listed.