He pulled me close with a grip that I could not get out of if I tried. I looked at him and he began kissing my neck than deeply on the lips as his ton...gue wondered. My head spinning I oddly blurted out that I was filthy and needed a shower. Tony laughed as he released me and he said he could arrange that, adding he needed one too. As we walked back to the hotel, I felt surprisingly at ease. We talked about how buzzed we were as Tony put one arm around my shoulder. I locked a finger into his belt. "Oh, I'm pretty well set up here by now and you'll likely need anything you managed to bring along," he said."Maybe, but I'm telling you that it will be worth your time to come with me. Besides, Karen says I need to find something you need so I can trade you out of one of your pups," I said."It ain't like I have any pressing appointments I'll miss out on," he said.I was impressed with Spot on the way back. He sniffed out two more little groups who were no doubt waiting for a chance at me. Both. "I talked to Coach and then the team about what we were going to do. My coach got all the information about the playoffs for me and she wrote up some facts about herself for her page. My boyfriend goes to another school so he couldn't get started till his school was over, so everyone had to stay later than normal but they went for it. Here's what happened when he started taking our team picture the way everybody else takes theirs."I opened up the folder of the first team shots and started. "Now before anyone develops a sanctimonious streak and decides to proclaim Mr. Quinlan doomed to the deepest pits of Intel-Hell, let me point out how badly the rest of you've been doing lately."I'd reached the end of the conference table once again and was discreetly watching my sister watch me at work. Her beautiful face had regained its usual olive complexion, with just a tiny extra touch of blush in the cheeks and along her lovely neck.I pulled out one of the chairs farthest from any of the.