" Sam went back stage to clean up and get dressed. Randy pulled up his pants and got fist pumps from everyone. They left just before closing time. "Sa..., our online reality contest ends tomorrow night, so we might not see each other again." Samantha stopped short and said, "Wait. My husband and I are having a swingers party tomorrow night. We expected you to join us. Maybe if we start early around seven, you can squeeze us in." "I'll try. Give me your address. If I'm not there, you'll. They danced slowly around the room. When ‘White Christmas’ was over, they danced to ‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas’, ‘The Christmas Song’, ‘O Holy Night’, ‘I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day’, and ‘Silent Night.’ There were more songs, but they were so wrapped up in each other, they didn’t pay attention to them. After 30 or 40 minutes, they were just swaying together in the middle of the room. Pat had her arms around Tom’s neck, with her head resting on his chest. Tom’s arms were. Her eyes squinted tight as her lips spread in a broad grin. "Hi," she said. "I'm Mariko, what's your name?" He told her and they spoke a while as they stood in the line. In spite of her juvenile appearance, she told him she was 18 and going into her senior year in high school. He also learned her sister's name was Sari, that she was 20, that they were from Modesto, and they travelled every summer and into September, picking berries, fruit and nuts. Then they returned to Modesto and went to. You know I have Seasonal Affect Disorder; I would do anything for a cure. You know the last months it has been better. I keep chart, so I could find out what effects sunlight have on me along with special lights, plus other factors.I nodded bored out of my mind. Sam loved Statistics and Math and charted everything, it was one of her compulsive behaviors."I need your help and I think you're the only one that can help me in this." Sure Sam, you need something carried or lifted?" In a way" she.