“It’ll be OK,” Kim replied, “I promise to not be a bother.”How could I turn her down? She needed a safe place to stay, so I agreed.That nigh..., when I arrived back at my apartment, I slipped my key into the door and found it deadbolted. I tapped on the door and no ne answered. I called Kim and she didn’t answer her phone.A ‘no bother’ became a quick agitation. I slipped around to the patio and pulled on the patio sliding glass door. I was happy to feel it slide back. I slipped into my apartment. I and Abigail, we have a history. And you’re new to me. What if I left her and you’re not how I thought you would be.Rose: You don’t have to decide now! I know Abigail is good looking and smart and all that.Jason: Yes she is. She has a very sexy body. And you do too!Rose: Thank you.Jason: And I don’t know.God damn it. Really Rose? Jason, of all people? But then again, that doesn’t surprise me. Everyone has eyes for Jason, especially Rose! I wonder what they’re talking about. I’m sure Jason is. "I'll have the chickenalfredo and she will have the stuffed rigatoni. And can we get an orderof your cheesy garlic bread, please?" Looking rather pleased with herselfshe closed her menu and handed it to the boy.The boy looked somewhat flabbergasted and turned back to me."Then I'll have the rigatoni, please."When he left us my mother used that opportunity to chide me on mychoices. "You know, you don't have to fall for all that 'watching yourfigure' garbage. Eat what you want and don't think. More, really, but let's say. So 11,250 couples times 365 per year, means that 4,106,250 additional couples are or were recently pregnant and thus could have sex without making babies. Somewhere I read that Americans have sex on average 3 times per week. Yeah right. I think it was in Cosmo, I'm sorry I can't remember exactly where. So fewer than 1/2 of those might have sex today, or about 2,000,000. Of course, people usually don't have sex as often when pregnant, so let's be brutal. Say 500,000.