at the same time , an image of bishop rose up in her mind : bishop in his stupid sweatpants and flip-flops , grinning at her ; sharing an iced coffee , sharing the same straw , mindless of backwash and the fact that heather always chewed her straws to bits ; lying side by side on the hood of his car , surrounded by crushed cans , which bishop said would make the aliens more likely to abduct them .