Miguel and George got downstairs just as the taxi was arriving, and they all got in the taxi and went to the hospital.“Did he give you trouble about... calling a cab?” George asked.“Not as much as I gave him,” Jill replied with a giggle.“So he called you one?” George replied, “Shame, I was hoping he wouldn’t.”“Me too,” Jill replied.Jill walked into the hospital room to see Sharon still laying there in exactly the same position she was in last night, and Josh sitting on the chair next to Akilah’s. Katie opens theback door and I slowly slide out of the car. My mind is telling me grabon to the seat, the seat belt anything so I couldn't get out of the car.But to no avail I get out of the car. Katie hooks arms with me andstarts leading me towards the Nordstrom's entrance. She whispers intomy ear "Just relax. Look at things, maybe hold them up to yourself.Don't just stand around. That will be a giveaway." I nod at herinstructions.As we get closer to the doors, Jenny hooks my other arm. . I love that done to me too.gijanemaccoy: you pause over my lower back and push them in deeper and i bite your lip in responseBB: more babygijanemaccoy: i start to kneel down and pull your shirt up over your stomach and kiss it down to the top of your jeansgijanemaccoy: your hands are resting on my shoulders, your nails poised and ready to strikegijanemaccoy: i unbutton you jeans and kiss the skin theregijanemaccoy: i unzip them and kiss that skin tooBB: hmmgijanemaccoy: i work them over your. ”The trip back home features more conversation, but interspersed with long periods of silence as each of them thinks. By the time the car pulls up out front of the Carter's little apartment, it's dark outside. There's no talk of taking Javon back to barracks. No big conclusions were arrived at. No big declarations took place. But they all seemed to have arrived at a kind of understanding. Jack mixed everyone a drink.***All this talk was making my head spin. I couldn't get my first drink down.