But, for now, today, let's not worry about it, and just enjoy the fact that we found each other, and that we're alive. Okay?" Oh, Mike, that's exactly... right. All of it. I was just so frightened that you'd disappear from my life, or, try to tie me down to you, or something. Heck, I can't even say just what I mean. I want you in my life, yes. But at the same time, I need to explore myself a bit. I need to find my place in the world. I just thank God we met." Best friends? Lovers, even. But not. My body started demanding a sexy woman to be my human blanket to combat the intensity of coldness. But it was almost impossible to find a woman in the desert-like road way at the late hours of long December night. I was drowning and emerging in the deep sea of my thoughts when suddenly the horn of a car brought me back to the live world from the ocean of imagination. I stopped and looked at car which now had stopped close by my side. A beautiful and bright face emerged through the window of the. Hub reached across, took hold of her arm and dragged her over beside him. Sue gave him a disgusted look but didn't protest his ungallant action. For a couple of moments they sat there side by side, in stony silence, both of them watching the baseball game on TV. Then Hub put his hand on Sue's knee. She pushed it off. He put it back. She knocked it away. He slapped it back down and gripped her knee.Sue sucked in her breath. He was hurting her. She whimpered and left his hand alone this time. He. Her eyes were staring into mine, a puzzled look on her face. Then Dawn was at our side, "You two make a lovely couple you know. You okay, Sylvia?"For a moment she hesitated, then she seemed to make her mind up, "Oh, yes, I'm fine, thank you." She surprised us all by giving first Dawn, then Dina and finally me, a big tight hug.Dawn looked at Dina, "There you go, I told you so, all one happy family now, welcome to the fold, Sylvia." She smirked.Sylvia had changed, now she strode from the floor.