He's a good looking guy but don't forget he was with a date," said Cheri. You're our friend and we have to look after you. We don't want to see you ge...t hurt."They really were good friends. I know they weren't sure about me dating my ex but someday I might tell them the whole story. They could hardly hold it against Gary.I got dressed for the party. I even went out and bought a new dress to wear. I wanted to look classy for Gary not necessarily overly sexy. My red dress was form fitting and had. Like a little girl she said, “Please,NO!” But I kept walking.The two black men where standing waiting for us as wewalked up to them. One of them went OWWWEEE as shestood right in front of them. Even drunk I was a bitnervous and unsure of what I was going to say. Shefidgeted uneasily and moved closer to my side. She knewthey were checking out her cleavage and she tried toclose the front of her dress, I held her hand andpulled it away. One of the guys moved closer to her and I could. He seemed concerned about the qualifications. I wondered if this was derailing my interview and did my best to assure him I would be prepared and willing to improve myself. Finally, he got up, said “look, I like you a lot as a candidate, I am just concerned about what can be done about those deficiencies I pointed at. It’s great that you seem to have the desire to do everything to be a good fit here”. He sneaked a few furtive looks to my body. He pointed at the couch in the corner “Why don’t. " My friends, we are standing on the backbone itself, a knife's edge between doom and glory, between light and darkness. Of all the soldiers I've ever served with, there's no one I'd rather be with here than each of you. Make me proud, show these enemies the strength of our weapons and our hearts!"He paused, and looked at each of us in turn, as we were spellbound by his intensity. Then he pounded his staff on the rock."Soldiers of Livia, are you ready?"We growled and yelled. Yes, we were.