Patricia and I'll be right here."As soon as Gretchen closes the door to the changing room, I turn toPatricia."What was that all about?" What was what ...all about?" Sending Gretchen after me." I didn't send anyone after you. Gretchen did that on her own. Shethought we should go after you. I told her that you'd eventually calmdown and come back on your own. And here you are." No thanks to you." Look, there's no reason to get into a fight now. Save it for home aftershe's gone. Besides, we got bigger. Soon after he went to bed and Idecided that I was actually pretty tired, so I decided to follow suitand hit the hay.I woke up the next morning feeling really weird. Most mornings anymoreI didn't feel I was in the right place, what with being in a differentroom than the one I'd slept in for so many years, but somehow it wasmore intense this morning.The room wasn't the only thing by any means. My body feltuncomfortable, foreign. I had begun to get used to it, but this morningI couldn't get over. Elaine made us a nightcap and we sat quietly together kissing and fondling each other in the darkened room. We noticed when Karen’s bedroom light was turned off and gave her a half hour to doze off before we got down to the business at hand. The mattress was made up on the floor and Elaine and I maneuvered ourselves into the center of it facing each other, sitting cross-legged with our knees almost touching. I’d removed my pants and Elaine her skirt. We leaned together and kissed deeply, our. Robby’s house lived in a duplex apartment, and according to the phone book, he was in the ‘B’ side. She pulled into the shade of some trees, and waited. She found herself marveling that she was actually stalking, yes stalking, her old lover. But she missed him so! Robby had been a stud and a nice guy. He had been a great kisser, and a wonderful lover. He could carry on an intelligent conversation, and he was a good listener. But when Louise started hinting around about him staying with her.