how could there be something without nothing ? she answered with a smile and reached for the bottle again . she bit down on her lower lip , her expression troubled . i looked over my shoulder ; when i got to the door , she was still in the same place i left her , making me smile . `` so you were n't in on tonight 's date from hell ? '' alexis was such a logical , tell-it-like-it-is person that anyone who was slightly left of center struck her as weird . 