I could hear loud music and laughter coming from the Guys' Room, so that's presumably where everyone was. Julia's instructions had been for me to stri... and get into the hot tub. She'd even said to do so even if there was no one in the room. But I was ten minutes later than she expected, so did that change anything? Also, should I stick my head through the door and announce my arrival? And if so, before or after I stripped? I wouldn't normally have worry so much, but I feared Julia might be. “Oooooh! Coffee! Gimme, gimme, gimme!” Kasumi bubbled as she dashed over to pour herself a cup.“I swear, I’ve never met anyone, human or otherwise, who loves coffee as much as you do, Kas,” Natalya remarked.“I do love my coffee. One birthday, I remember my dad getting me a shirt. It was brown, with the words, ‘Give me coffee and no one gets hurt’ on it,” Kasumi laughed. Natalya couldn’t help but snort at this, thinking the whole thing beyond funny.“Appropriate!” Natalya giggled. She doled out. Losing a point, or even getting thrown shouldn’t upset you that much. And if it does, I’m going to kick your ass every single time!”“You can kiss my ass!” she laughed.“If you’re into THAT, I think we can arrange it!” I smirked.She gave me a funny look, and then a quick hug, and we headed our separate ways. At home I showered, and fixed lunch for Kara and me, and after we ate, we went to sit in the sunroom so that Kara could stretch out on a lounge chair. I put on some music, and we sat quietly,. "You're not the one who's runningfor the most important position in the world," he said as he threw hisgaze outside the window. The dark sky was engulfed in gloomy overcasts.He could see lightning sparks bounced between mazes of clouds.There was a storm afar.Drowning in his thoughts, he reviewed everything he knew about currentnuclear issues - while secretly trying to convince himself that he hadmissed something important. But his intellect denied his effort. Hebasically knew everything about.