.." Wait...," Eric quietly interjected. "I should have called you, or at least made more of an effort to talk to you at school...but I felt like an id...ot after we made out that night. I couldn't even remember much about it, except that it happened. For all I knew, you thought I was a complete ass." Well, that's obviously not the case," Katie said, "if I just invited you back to my place. The truth is, I think you're really cool and I wanted that make out session to happen for a long time. I. ‘You salvaged my purse? How did any of this stuff survive the fire?’ ‘Fire is a bizarre element, you’d be surprised at the things I’ve seen come through fire unscathed.’ A look of sadness colored his face, haunted by past memories of firefighting maybe. ‘Usually fire takes more than it spares.’ ‘Thank you, that was so sweet of you,’ she said, standing on tiptoe to kiss him on the cheek. ‘It’s what I do, miss,’ he stated. He removed his yellow helmet and jacket, put them in the truck bed and. " They headed out. I had decided to stay in as I had a 7:30 a.m. breakfast meeting with some local clients. As the guys left, Helen asked if I'd like a nightcap and I agreed. She ordered drinks from the waitress. "I won't see Frank until four or later now", she laughed. They'll go to the Gold Club in Buckhead." (The Gold Club was a great haunt in 90s Atlanta because unusually you could have fully nude girls AND alcohol in the club, making for fun parties. The VIP rooms there were amazing)."I. The kids all tried to cheer me up some. The problem was, they also needed cheering up. We were still seeing friends come over trying to help out however they could.I went into the office and started working on my homework. I still had 3 days worth, since I had missed Wednesday thru Friday of classes. I spent most of the day working on it.Robbie, Becky and Mike all lounged around the TV trying to find something to watch. They kept changing the channels hoping to find something worth.