Erin smiled at him anyway. "Shirley temple. Driving tonight." Oh? Where're your friends?" The bartender stepped up and just looked at them. "Three Coo...s Lights and a shirley temple." $7.50." The guy put down a $20.He turned back. "Jay, by the way." Sandy. No friends." Erin took the drink. "Thanks!" She turned and walked further into the crowd. Drivers drank free, and the bartender hadn't charged for the wussy drink. It even had those straws that non-alcoholic beverages come with, signaling. It has been so long.” She could not help but grind down on his fingers. “That’s it Millie, let go.” Her eyes flew open and stared into his, the smile that caressed her face caused Jared’s heart to skip. She pulled on her hands, indicating that she wanted them free. Jared released them and moaned as she reached up, wound one arm around his neck and the other hand threaded into his hair, pulling. Millie raised a leg and hooked it around Jared’s waist, the other leg followed, keeping his fingers. And I expect my reactions to be a lot like his, too, which will only make it harder. Try thinking of me as his identical twin brother, which happens to be true, in a sense, and see if that helps."Priya swallowed, and shook herself, before saying, "I think it will, once I get over the shock. My Steve anticipated my reaction, and tried to warn us, but the reality is much more than we imagined. You are the first to arrive, so I have not had a chance to 'get used' to the feeling; I hope it. I waited for the mechanical click of the lock, but instead the bolt began to glow red, then orange, then melted through into a molten heap. Vi had not bothered to seek out the key, she had retrieved a laser pistol from one of the weapon racks and used it to melt the locking mechanism.She pushed the door open on its hinges and it creaked loudly, she shuffled into the tiny cell, careful to avoid the pool of cooling metal, and her bulk pressed me up against the far wall. The cell was so damned.