i had close friends in los angeles and i could have easily spent a couple of days with them , but i had a responsibility . love itself had brought us to this . jimmy spun around and fixed the beam of his flashlight on her . i could imagine them white and brain-directed again beneath the lids . he hoped there were n't two of them . `` we are lost , you see , unless they notice us . '' i laughed when i noticed it and sat . 