‘Oh, God,’ she repeated. ‘Luke.’ ‘Rat bastard,’ spat Lucy. ‘Dumbass,’ Matt intoned. ‘Prick,’ Carrie finished. And, then, a voice, ...very male and very unfamiliar rumbled from behind Jane, preceded only momentarily by the tell-tale creak of the wooden kitchen door on it’s hinges. ‘What, something I said?’ **** Sex. God. That was her first thought as she spun around in her chair, the motion combined with her hangover causing a delay in the room to stop spinning when she did. ‘Oh, sweet Mary,’ Lucy. “Herm’s great, isn’t it?”“It is,” she said.“You look great tonight,” I said, smooth-talking dork that I am. She did, though. A pale blue sort of tee shirt with sequins and loose khaki shorts. Tanned legs and leather sandals. She was a beach girl. We sat in awkward silence and I put a hand on her knee, then looked at her face.“Oh God, are you going to kiss me?” Maria said and then flung her face at mine. Somehow we turned a collision into a locking of lips and her tongue was in my mouth, our. “You seemed quite knowledgeable about what we were going to do today. That’s all. Now, Travis, do you feel up to another round of what we’ve just done?”I nodded gamely. The pendulum exercises had been pleasant. The supine forward flexion exercises had started out that way.“For the next week or so, I’m going to want him to do this four or five times every day,” Bill stated. “I want him to work up to 45 to 50 repetitions each time. Wednesday or Thursday, if these are going OK, we’ll add a couple. I went into the kitchen and did a couple shots of tequila - when I came back to the living room they were arm in arm in the middle of the couch - I couldn't squeeze in without making it awkward so I sat in a chair on the other side of the room.I tried making small talk but yet again found myself getting ignored so I put on a movie in the background. I grabbed another beer for myself - determined to catch up to Marta and Aaron so maybe I could join in the fun."You mind dimming the lights,.