I found it hard to keep my eyes from straying to the bottom of the shirt to see if I could catch a glimpse of a pair of shorts.I quickly stripped off ...my jacket, my sweater, my shoes. It was sweltering hot in that trailer.The inside was a disheveled mess. The kitchen was piled high with dishes and boxes from take-out places. Clothes were everywhere. The garbage reeked and looked like it should have been taken out a week ago. Then, there was the alcohol. Bottles were strewn about everywhere. Most. Alan has always been handsome and funny and fun and lots of great things, but he was also kind of timid and shy. But now that he's outgoing and even has a kind of swagger to him, a lot of other girls want him as well!"Olga was looking at this in a very competitive manner. "I'm not surprised. It's been obvious for a while that he'd be an excellent catch. Even back in his timid days, I hoped he was the one you'd want to go after. Those other girls, well, they should just go take a hike! They're. And, working hard and working well together, we got most of the bigger stuff set up within a couple of hours. I made to make an immediate start on configuring the IT side of things but he stopped me and suggested a coffee instead. Well, man after my own heart and all that, so I agreed and – the office coffee maker being in a cardboard box somewhere in the pile – went off to fill a kettle.When I got back, I found him sitting on one of the desks, talking good humouredly with Rosie. Who greeted me. However, she had to know it. She had to be conscious of it, or it would mean nothing at all. She had to remember that she had done it and done it because she had desired it more than pride itself. She would be leaving their world tomorrow very probably, as soon as her father promised to leave the jungle with his god of the feathered spirits. He could feel it and he was glad for it but he wanted to leave something inside of her, something that would live forever in her belly and in her mend no.