I licked my dry lips and wiped my forehead with my hand as I returned her gaze with a tentative smile and dried my hands on my quivering knees. Now wh...t?"We’ve been blinded by the light of a new day. We know nothing about what this event has done to the world beyond these walls. Until we re-establish communications with them," the commander waved toward the lands beyond our walls, "we can only assume." This much we do know. Our unprotected devices and microchips took a fatal beating. We lost. Do you think you could arrange for me to see her?” I said.“Actually, I know all about your meeting last week: Selena and I talked. I came here today prepared to do just as you asked,” he said.“Huh?” I said. He raised and arm and I watched as the woman, the woman who used to be my woman, approach. She was alone, no Selena this time.“So, you people set me up?” I said. My tone was not entirely antagonistical, but it could have been, and on another day might yet be.“Well, I will leave the two of. "We'd better get dressed," Janie said. "My brother will be home soon and you wouldn't want him to catch us, now would you?" "Oh, I don't know; I can think of worse things that could happen," Alicia replied mischievously. "But you're right, I'd better go. I've got a 9 a.m. class tomorrow."Janie pulled her tank top over her head and pulled on her cutoffs, grinning to herself as she thought about Jack standing there watching. "I wonder if he was beating off," she said to herself. And the mental. Anna started to enjoy the contact, and then the worries began to creep in. Glen however wouldn’t let her get a word in edgeways, as he explained how he and Angie had met and become friends. A couple of times she tried to tell him that she wasn’t like other girls, and began to worry about it. Every time she began though, Glen somehow managed to change the subject. Once they’d picked up the pizza, they agreed to go back to Anna’s, and caught a taxi. Once in the warm, Anna got.