“Oh, uh, thanks. Uh, danke.” I stood up stiffly. The driver looked at me quizzically.“Are you okay?”“Yes, yes. I’m ... I’m fine.” I gr...abbed my bag. “Just lost in my thoughts, you know.”The driver smiled.“Well then. Enjoy your evening.”“Yes, you too.”He moved back to his seat in front of the steering wheel as I slowly stepped off the bus. The sky was still blue, but pale as the sun was hugging the horizon on the warm European summer evening. I slung my bag over my shoulder and sighed.Nao’s. Virgil had a fire under a large pot of some kind of stew that looked completely inedible to us. It was actually chilly in the cave, so Deacon took a spot near the fire. Piper and I snuggled up together further away as our Vault suits kept us warm. I fell asleep listening to Curie and Virgil discussing recombinant gene splicing.A metallic hand shaking my shoulder woke me up. Once he saw I was awake, Nick moved to Piper. “It should be morning outside, I thought you might like a cup of coffee. His expression made it clear that he wouldn't be as tolerable of mistakes as he had been in the past. Ben and Luke quickly exited the room.The girls did everything they could to get him in a better mood, but he still resisted their charms. They were getting frustrated at his lack of progress on the personal front, and especially their personal fronts.Tom was surprised at the amount of news to be had simply by sitting and listening, or even asking complete strangers about their business. He. They ushered me over to my normal booth and I ordered my Shiner and nachos and then it was dance on. We started with the two-step and that went pretty well. It is an easy set of moves and my two friends seemed to enjoy squashing their boobs against me. My jeans had their burst pressure tested a few times.After the lessons an announcement was made that karaoke would start in about thirty minutes and sign up was open. My two friends, Yolanda and Sparkles (I kid you not, that is their names) said.