He wasn’t opposed to taking their physical relationship to the next level; something that Katie had made vibrantly clear as her desire, but his urge...cy to do so was dwarfed by his need to simply be with her. It was almost as if he drew life energy from Katie, and maybe that was true. He felt that she was his life now.TYLER:I’m at the gate, waiting for my flight. Are you free to talk?KATIE:Give me a minute and I’ll call you.TYLER:I’ll be here, anxiously waiting to hear your voice.Katie finished. "Life raft. Nobody in it as far as I can see, but we have to check. You want to go in the jet-ski?" Sure," said Josh. "I'll wave if it's worth your bringing the boat." He set off jogging toward their little pier.So Angela, who had given up hope the day before, was rescued.They put her in the narrow cot in what they called "the guest house," a tiny hut reserved for whatever unlucky pilot was stuck with the duty of making their monthly supply delivery."She's a mess," said Josh. "We'd better get. “Six O’clock.”“Six?”“Yea six and your mother and I were going to let you sleep as long as you wanted but Hank needs you sometime soon.” She said.“I’ll never hear the end of this. He thinks I’m sleeping in when I get up at five.”“Yea I know, he mentioned something like that when he called.”Without thinking Jamie jumped up and slipped on his jeans, grabbed a pair of socks and was just sticking his feet in his boots when he realized that he had just dressed in front of Victoria. When he looked up. The only time his sometimes androgynous appearancecaused him any problem was when he was out in the town and some jockfrom the local public school decided to give him a hard time. But thetownies also knew that his parents were lawyers and they did not wantto risk a lawsuit.James was feeling particularly soft and feminine that night aftertaking a long hot bath and shaving his still sparse leg hair. His beardwas also quite light and required shaving only every few days. Oncedone with the razor.