" Connie started to say teasingly."No it does not!" Charles growled emphatically, cutting Connie off. "I've been exceedingly careful on that account. ...ot only do I use condoms with them every time we have sex, I've also made sure that all three of them are on the pill." I know," Connie said with a bit of a chuckle, "and I'm sorry if my teasing upset you. I didn't mean to make you mad. Besides, I appreciate that you haven't gotten any of the Taylor's pregnant. It actually means a lot to me." It. " Yeah," Adam muttered as the midwife looked at him. "Really well." Adam," Tabitha hissed."Yeah, I know. Shut it. But I couldn't do it." The midwife sniggered at Adam but Tabitha tensed up and screamed, tears streaming down her face."It hurts," she cried. "It really hurts." Yeah, but you're doing well," Adam told her and held her tightly as Tabitha's body launched itself into another contraction. Tabitha slid down the bed slightly, embedding her head into his stomach and gripped the bed,. Are you afraid? This resulted in an outburst of laughter from the rest of my friends. Candy considered my proposition for a moment before answering. All right, she agreed, but for this to be fair, you have to be in your underwear too. I struggled not to smile. She was playing right into my hand. All right, I agreed. I stood up and removed my clothes, leaving nothing but my underwearthank god I had altered my usual behavior and chosen to wear underwear. Pass the cards, I told my friend with the. He would be almost a stranger to me, and I to him. But that would pass quickly once I met him again.And Nancy. How would she see my coming back? I had shut her out when it all happened. Sure, I had my reasons and they were good ones but would she understand them now? And what about what she did? How was I with that? While time had passed, so too had a lot of our plans and dreams. I had to admit to myself that when I tried to picture Nan now, nothing came to me. Maybe too much had passed for us.