. I guess one wouldn’t be too bad. You are a nice guy after all.” She picked up one of my shot glasses I’d carried over and, after briefly looki...g at it, downed it all in one gulp. “Oh god that’s just terrible,” she said immediately, almost throwing down the glass. “Just tastes like charcoal.” I casually downed one of my own. An idea came into my head, Maddie was a volleyball star on our school’s team, she had a competitive streak I think I could exploit. “Really? I kind of like it, but I guess. Woh andhere main dar rahi thi..Chaddi niche kar ke nangi khadi woh idhar udhar dekh rahi thi…Maine kaha ab beth bhi jao. Woh waha par beth gai. Muje bhi achaanak toilet karne ki sochi. Main uske samne hi pent utar ke main bhi uske sath uske samne beth gaya.Woh mere land ko ghoor rahi thi.Thodi der baad usne pesab chalu ki. Suishhhhhhhhhh ki aawaj nikali.uski choot main se pani sidha door tak mere per par gir raha tha. Main uske samne betha tha 2 foot door aur uske pesab ka pressure intna jyada. I was about to go into a MRI machine, and its soft hum calmedme enough to help me gather at least some of my wits. I had been feelingfragile and emotional for a while, making it hard to think, but I wasable to use a grounding technique I had learned last year.I tried to organize my thoughts. I remembered being in an accident, andthen having a strange dream that I was dying, and somehow my spirit leftmy body, and went to the next room where they were working on a dyinggirl. I watched her spirit. If she wasn't a teacher - a teacher's wife anyway - I would so move on that. "So." I got nothin'. "Whatcha up to?" Oh. The Botanical Gardens are a couple blocks away. They're supposed to be beautiful." She laughs shyly. "None of the guys want to go, so I'm on my own. I guess." You're husband ain't taking you?" Is he stupid?"No." she shrugs, "He's ... busy."She might as well have said 'Alex, take me to a garden and do me.' "I'll go with you." I stand up and smile hopefully."Really?" Yeah. Sounds.