I was in no condition to make rational decisions so when we reached the checkout, I placed all three of the sets I had tried on the counter and said i... a voice that didn't sound like my own, "I'll take them all," sadly knowing full well, I have no one to show them to.As we left the store, Megan leaned in and whispered naughtily to me, "next time, we'll do lunch at my house." Then, after a pause, "Oh and...sorry to leave you hanging, but I've got a date to get cleaned up for...next time it'll be. Promise it will get better,” I said with a smile.She did what I said and took another sip. She coughed a little this time, but not like before. Then she took another one. No cough this time. Then another one. She looked at me and smiled big.“My whole body feels warm. The burning is going away, and it actually has a good taste,” she said while sitting up a little straighter. “Can I have some more?” she asked while holding up the glass.“You really shouldn’t but it is the weekend, so I guess so.. Well, it just doesn't seem like that's necessary any more, does it? I mean, we're not in Milwaukee any more, so I don't have to worry about what people think. And it looks like I really don't have to worry about setting an example for you two any more, either." She gave a pleasant laugh. "You seem to have done just fine on your own, if you know what I mean. So where does that leave your mother? It leaves me at what I consider a great place to be!" I get it," said Billy. "So now that the reasons. Itwas actually pretty artful. I'd be turned on if I wasn't so mad.Crap. Why hadn't that worked?Suddenly, Evan's smiling face turned to look in my direction. The girlturned her head to follow. I quickly looked away, desperate trying tonot appear as horribly jealous as I was.Wait, shit, were they talking about me?I looked up, and then immediately down again. The girl was staringright at me, angrily. Jesus, she was cute. Her lips looked so moist andplump. A not-insignificant part of me wondered.