I should -- Well, it's too late for that now, I guess. I didn't mean to let you down, but something very, very... important was happening, and I just ...- I just couldn't. I didn't know how it would turn out, so I couldn't say anything." Yes, you said that." You sound different." Different?" You sound cross. You sound the way you sound when you're bored and frustrated, and hiding it." Oh. I guess it's because I'm in this damn restaurant tonight. You know how it is, gotta bring in that paycheck.. I just don't know what to say." She immediately repented."No! At least I don't think so. I just can't seem to cope with the idea of going to bed with you. And it's not because I'm frightened. I am, but more it's like I want run away from the whole scene. I mean last light was amazing, I've never done any thing like that, but when I began to think about doing it again I'm just not prepared to deal with it." Huh?" It was the strangest thing she had ever heard, but her lack of understanding just. “Isn’t that a problem?” She looked me over like I was a stuffed toy hanging up at the County Fair rifle range. “Way I see it Michael, you’re pushing sixteen right? (I nodded blankly) I’m not that much older really and besides – I’m feeling a bit naughty.” Her laughter totally broke the ice somehow. I’m not sure which of us was the more nervous as I allowed my right hand to gently squeeze her left breast. She gave a small sigh and moved in closer to me. I began kneading her right. We met with people who know people that went there.”“The CDC is gone. There must have been a huge explosion or something. The place is leveled.”“See!” Mitch boasted. “I told y’all it was a mistake to go there. We should have stayed with that group me met last winter! Or went to Mobile like I said in the first place!”“Just shut up, Mitch, let me think!”“I gotta agree with Mitch this time,” David suggested. “Let’s stay here, these guys seem safe. What choice do we have now?”“Yea Uncle Michael,.