He'd usually leave his car parked and ride to work with Lulu at about a quarter to six in the morning, then she'd either bring him back to the house a...ter his shift, or he'd walk if she was tied up at the restaurant. It was less than a mile, and that was something else he liked about small towns.School was out for the summer, so Gretchen was pretty much on her own. Of course, girls that age always have a thousand things on their calendars, so they generally didn't see each other until. I heard my sister say, "So how was it? ... Yes when you we're here last! ... He was that big? Wow... Hell no I'm not going to join! ... With just you - I couldn't ... Well, Randy has been there first, so that's kind of weird for me ... Your welcome, it was hard planning the whole thing!". I was so shocked! My sister and Regina planned the whole thing out. The rest of the conversation was just details, nothing of course about if she was coming over soon. I got the first urge to masturbate, God. .. we are going to need all the help we can get in the Deep Roads. We cannot take Wynne with us."Alistair ran his hand through his hair, ruffling it and making it stand up. He reminded me of a little hedgehog, with his bristles all standing on end. I almost laughed. Finally he pinched the bridge of his nose with his thumb and forefinger. "Fine. Just ... fine. I'll be the first to admit I was wrong if this works out well. But I'll also be there to say 'I told you so' when you're planning a. .. and being trained.When Bill said he had one of every single engine trainer, he meant it. The 'exercise' taught the youngsters a lesson or two ... or three or six. Combat between equals is something never forgotten ... it's an experience that 98% of American pilots haven't had since Vietnam ... shooting machine-guns at and being shot at by machine-guns in return.Missiles are considerably less personal than bullets and these old men knew the difference ... more than once.Air combat ... if you.