They were now twenty minutes north, heading away from their home when Robert turned through the street listed on the paper. It seemed quite the normal...neighborhood. Finally Robert pulled into the yard listed in the directions. It was filled with cars and laughter could be heard coming from inside the house. The couple slowly got out of the car. Robert now seemed to be the bold one as Carla was having second thoughts. She reached out and gripped his right hand as they approached the front door.. I spent ten minutes scrubbing my ass and my hair. After that shower, I took a look at my pile of clothes. I had clean panties, but nothing else at all was clean. I had often worn the same fatigues for several days when we were running a convoy in the mountains, but never had I taken a hot shower and put on dirty clothes. It had always been wake up dirty and just start a new day. It was all part of the 'Play It as It Lays' philosophy of the field. I smiled into the mirror and thought I have only. " The what?" Didn't you used to walk past my parent's house around midnight?"Staggered that she’d noticed, I could only give a dumb nod. All around us people were jostling. That brought me to my senses. "Look, would you allow me to buy you a coffee? There's a room at the back of the hall"She hesitated only a moment. A nervous glance at me. And then like sunshine, a smile lit up that tantalising face, "I'd like that."As soon as we were settled at a cosy table near the window looking out on. We threw the clothes into the washer, started it, then congregated in the kitchen.“Showers or lunch first,” I asked.“I’m really hungry, but I vote for quick showers,” responded Liya. “Practice wasn’t that active, so I don’t see the need to wash Rhee’s hair, so showers shouldn’t take that long.”“Agreed,” Rhee said.Since no one seemed to object, Liya ran the random-number generator, then said, “Downstairs, Gracey and Rhee, upstairs, Heather with Civia.”Four of us trooped upstairs. While Liya.