The alarm buzzed softly at 5.55. Andie slapped it off and slid out ofbed stripping her bedclothes off as she moved to the bathroom. Tied herhair in a ...oose plait, pulled on the sport bra and brief, light trackpants ankle socks and running shoes. Tied the keys in the drawstring.Shelley was watching as she came back in. The look on her face almostmade Andie go back to bed. The slight shake of the blonde head as sheturned away set her back on track. A quick glass of multi V and a fewgentle. Moments later a nurse came into the room to administer more sedative into Tina’s IV tube. Dan was quick to remove his hands from Jenny and she tried to pull down her short hem.The nurse pulled back Tina’s sheet and inspected the pad under her. “A few spots of blood, that’s a good sign, better than earlier. Can you try to go to the bathroom?” She asked. Dan and Jenny were asked to leave for a moment and the nurse helped her gingerly walk to the bathroom.“That was a relief!” Tina joked on their. Deciding that writing Paul an e-mail wouldn’t be giving in, she sent him a short note telling him that she was very hurt and confused by his abrupt departure from dinner. Trying to make it sound like a joke, she even asked if he had someone else he had to meet that was more important to him. Over the next few hours, Annie checked her e-mail every fifteen minutes. Finally, she got this reply from Paul: Annie I don’t like to communicate my thoughts and feelings in an e-mail. I’ve invested a lot. His mother on her worst days made more sense than Maya did just then. No answer was forthcoming and he continued to stare at the ceiling until sleep once again claimed him. It seemed like he was asleep for just a few moments when he felt his shoulders being shaken."The answer's no," Klaatu grumbled. There was no way he was going to fuck anyone without his sleep."How do you know what the answer is going to be if I haven't even asked you the question yet, Klaatu? Besides, it's not a question,".