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           Shesaid,"Seemslikewewasn’tnevergonnadonothin’butmove.I’msotar’d."

           Heturnedhisheadtoherear."Maybeinthemornin’.How’dyouliketobealonenow?"Intheduskhishandmovedoutandstrokedherhip.Shesaid,"Don’t.You’llmakemecrazyasaloon.Don’tdothat."Andsheturnedherheadtohearhisresponse.

           "Maybe—whenever’body’sasleep."

           "Maybe,"shesaid."Butwaittilltheygettosleep.You’llmakemecrazy,an’maybetheywon’tgettosleep."

           "Ican’thardlystop,"hesaid.

           "Iknow.Meneither.Le’stalkaboutwhenwegetthere;an’youmoveaway’foreIgetcrazy."

           Heshiftedawayalittle."Well,I’llgettostudyin’nightsrightoff,"hesaid.Shesigheddeeply."Gonnagetoneathembooksthattellsaboutitan’cutthecoupon,rightoff."

           "Howlong,youthink?"sheasked.

           "Howlongwhat?"

           "Howlong’foreyou’llbemakin’bigmoneyan’wegotice?"

           "Can’ttell,"hesaidimportantly."Can’treallyrightlytell.Fellaoughtabestudiedupprettygood’foreChristmus."

           "Soon’syougetstudiedupwecouldgeticean’stuff,Iguess."

           Hechuckled."It’sthishereheat,"hesaid."Whatyougonnaneediceroun’Christmusfor?"

           Shegiggled."Tha’sright.ButI’dlikeiceanytime.Nowdon’t.You’llgetmecrazy!"

           Theduskpassedintodarkandthedesertstarscameoutinthesoftsky,starsstabbingandsharp,withfewpointsandraystothem,andtheskywasvelvet.Andtheheatchanged.