" Get out, Jonas. I don't want to see you again. If I do, we will fight and you will die."Jonas' face went white with shock and then anger. With a wil... yell, he launched himself at me from the porch. It was a mistake. I let him launch and then flipped him over my shoulder. He landed solidly on his head. There was a crack and he went limp.Josef had been beside him and was pale. He said, "Please accept me as your man. I will fight for you to death." I will consider your request. There is much to. Her nervousness, which had seemed a shield between us, had been turned off. Maybe it was our mutual ogling earlier that had somehow broken through the awkward vibe I had been getting from her; or maybe some other blessed thing had caused the thaw. Whatever it was, I was happy with the change that seemed to have taken her; I just hoped it wasn’t fleeting.“Do you run often?” Lidia asked, pulling me away from my thoughts.“I try to get a run in every other day, but I haven’t gotten to in over a. "Mickey, no! Don't do this! They're all insane! This thing -- it'll go away..." Bettina Gregory held onto Michelle Rawlins' forearm, trying to keep her in the booth they were occupying. Bettina couldn't believe what she was seeing -- it seemed like every sexual act ever described was going on around them!Mickey shrugged her girlfriend off. "It'll be all right."Bettina's eyes were pools of fear. "It's all about sex! They want to turn women into sex slaves and human baby factories! Look around. The only thing that sucks is that we have to wear jeans or pants. I'd rather have my black landing strip exposed for all to see. But it's a health regulation.Anyway, I'm at work one night and it's been a little rough. The customers have been ruder than normal. I clock out for a break and I certainly need it. Kacey doesn't have anyone in her line and comes to find me in the breakroom."Erin, can you come out here for a minute or two?", she beckons."Sure." We walk down a hall back to the main.