. I said I'm not picky." Aren't you?" I watched her face moving in that way you can only do under the influence, her round face nodding, and the curly... black hair on her head quivering with the movement."No. I'm not a slut, though." No, I'm sure you're not." Usually." Oh." Look," she whispered to me, far too loudly for any normal conversation, though it worked well enough in the bar. "I went out this afternoon and did some shopping." What?" Shopping," she repeated, pulling my shoulders towards. Monica studied film at the university, where one of herprofs recommended Jiang to her as an introduction to modern Hong Kongcinema. Sandi had some reservations about the tape, as the idea of anacademic film seemed boring, but she was a good friend and was willing tostick it out to keep Monica company. The tape cover had a scene of a massive flowing river forging betweenbanks of verdant cliffs. To put it mildly, this had nothing to do with theaction inside. After the title credits there. There was a round of applause when we walked out and girls twirled and showed off a bit before pairing off with their dates. Willy was there, along with Timmy, his roommate and the third guy from this morning, but I hadn’t gotten his name.Willy just nodded, but he was watching me pretty closely. I wondered if he had talked more with his father during the day? Whatever, he was just a frat boy trying to get laid, and I could understand that, even if his methods sucked.We, the four of us, had our. This was a rather strange request but I could see no problems in doingso, so the following morning, I rang the surgery and asked for anappointment. Pressure on the doctor's time was such that I wasn'texpecting a result for at least a week so I was extremely surprised whenI was told that I had an appointment for that afternoon. Was that OK?I could see no reason why not and, in any case, I was now intrigued bythe sudden availability of my doctor for a non-urgent situation so I saidyes and after a.