“No what?” Claudia asked.“No, I’m not going to let you use my address.” I said.“Oh. OK.” Claudia sighed, full of disappointment.“I’m... going to let her live with me.”“WHAT?” Claudia shrieked.“Do you think that the girls would like to live together again?” I asked with a grin.“YES! Oh yes! Thank you!” Claudia screamed.“Oh and I’m going to pay for school.”“Are you serious?” Claudia exclaimed, jumping up from the couch.“Yup.” I grinned.Claudia launched herself onto me and again I had to suppress my. “No” I said as you looked at me in confusion. “You aren’t allowed to wear anything underneath today.” You smiled, recognizing the playful tone in my voice. “Yes sir” you replied with that sly, teasing smile I was beginning to love. When we left the apartment you were clad in a short, but loose, skirt, and a revealing tank top. We stopped by a café for breakfast, and as we were there, I noticed you were drawing a lot of attention from the other male patrons at the café. One particular man. ”Liz blurts out, “Jens, I want you for my maid of honor.”Ben hears Liz’s request, walks closer and says, “Liz, that’s not a problem and we will both be at your wedding.”I look at Ben like he’s crazy and ask, “Ben, are you sure about this?”Ben affirms, “Hell yes, I’ve made up my mind! I’m tired of running and hiding from these fucking terrorists as if we’re afraid of them. We’re going to take the fight to them.”Then he cautions, “Liz, this means that both Jens and I will be carrying at the. Visions of lying on the floor dying came to his mind, his dream of growing old with Kelly defeated by a bullet fired by a dumb kid. He finished off the Coke that he had been drinking and pushed the glass towards Shirley. Ed said, “You can set one of the Cokes at the far end of the bar for the man with the gun.”Like a fan at a tennis match, Shirley’s head was moving from side to side as she looked first at the kid and then at Ed and back at the kid again. She poured a Coke and set it at the end.