It turned out to be a long morning. TV news flips over every half hour, so it was either watch reruns of what I'd already seen or find another channel..., and I was running out of channels. Ten o'clock came and went, 10:30, and still no sounds from upstairs. But I knew she was still there, or at least her car was out front and I doubted she'd walked away. Finally about quarter before eleven I heard stirring, then the shower ran; she was up.I was too edgy to start my warm-up right away. Belatedly I. "Condoms? Did you say condoms, Lauren?" her boyfriend asked as he couldn't believe that his girlfriend had even hinted that she might be willing for him to fuck her."Yes, silly, condoms. Like the thing you use to put on your dick when you have sex so you won't get me pregnant?" Lauren said as she laughed and realized that she'd pretty well shown her plan to her horny boyfriend at that point. "Baby, I'm gonna give you reason to use an entire package of rubbers before the weekend's over."Lauren. " Can you bring me back to life?" I asked them, hoping against hope theywould say "yes," that this would be like one of those movies with a happyending."We cannot bring you back to life; your body was destroyed, mangledbeyond our ability to heal it. We have no means to return your soul toit, but you are lucky, Taylor David Johnson: Today was not yourappointed time to die. Because it was not your time, we can send youback to Earth." But how can you do that if my body was destroyed?" I tried. She'll be here soon."Tears were suddenly pouring from Laura's eyes as she tried to kiss her husband and talk at the same time. In the process, she slammed her teeth against his, causing both of them to wince.She almost shouted with excitement, "When? How long?" Don't know exactly. Probably a couple of hours, but we have plenty of time for a shower. Why don't we do that while we wait? I think both of us are a little ripe."A laughing Laura, tears still flowing down her cheeks, bounced to her feet.