‘I saw your face.’ ‘Michael, when?’ ‘When I was shot.’ ‘Michael, you weren’t shot, it was your mind playing tricks on you when you fai...ted,’ Marlene responded with a hint of nervousness in her voice. ‘I know, but I clearly saw you, your hair, your beautiful blue eyes, your pouty lips, and gorgeous face.’ ‘I was going to ask you why you were saying what you did in the parking lot and emergency room after your accident, but I didn’t want to bring it up so quickly. I was planning to ask after you. But they'd decided to deal with their wanderlust by doing something outrageous occasionally. The week before, Tess had slept in Josh's bed for the night, which had been so lovely, even when it was a single bed and they'd been good and only cuddled, and they'd got up at 4 am to go air-ballooning over the city. Next time they planned to go sky-diving together, but they had to save up for that.At the end of the night, Josh took Tess to the city beach. They left their shoes at the edge of the. To say I was filled with trepidation would be literally nonsense. I was scared to death!. My stomach was in knots, slight waves of nausea adding to it all. I felt perspiration slowly trickling from my underarms, I had goose bumps......What had I gotten myself into? I had never in my life, nor have I ever in my life since, felt as conflicted as I did at that moment. Tommy had intentionally placed me in the unenviable position of having to make the choice about what was going to happen, and. "Just cause your my boyfriend doesn't mean you can do whatever you want." But any boy a at party can!" I had to be careful not to lose my cool."That's different!" How? How is that different?" I don't usually know them..." So? How is that better? How can not knowing you give me a better chance to get into your pants than being your boyfriend? How does that make sense?" I was becoming emotional."I don't know. It's just...I have to be drunk for a start. I only like it when guys I don't really know.