Adam heard the finality in Bethany's words.  She was right.  They couldn't do anything more for him.  It was a shitty thing to do, but they didn't have a lot of choice.  Out of habit he took Bethany's "luggage" and stored it in the trunk and got the door for him.  His brain was on autopilot, treating her like a passenger in his cab.  He didn't feel talkative on the way back, but his mind started working on Bethany's question.  What were they going to do?  How were four women and one man going to... Shit.<br/><br/>He glanced over at Bethany.  Sure, he knew she was a woman and an attractive one, but during the crisis that hadn't mattered.  Now it suddenly clicked that he was one man in the company of four women.  Bethany at least was very attractive.  All the others were easy on the eyes as well.  What were the odds?  Well, not crazy since he'd declared women and children first at the airport.  Two other cars got swept in, one man, one woman, just the man had died.  Still, it was a wierd situation.  Maybe some men would be thrilled at being the one man with four women, but he was thinking about survival.  It was going to be tough enough scratching out a living.  Being the only man with four women was bound to cause issues.<br/><br/>What about tonight?  As he understood the plan they were going to all bed down in the van in a big dogpile and layer clothing on top of them.  That would no doubt keep them warm, but who was he going to be snuggling up with?  Bethany looked like a pleasant armful, but he barely knew her.  Snuggling up with her under a blanket was going to be intimate.  It couldn't help but be and would he even be next to her?  He might be snuggling up with Helen or Anico or Heather.  Regardless with five in a bed there wouldn't be anything sexual going on, but... what about jealousy?<br/><br/>His mind started spinning along these lines and he shook his head.  He'd been right.  If he let himself think about the future, he'd fumble the present.  They needed to get back, get warm.  It was getting darker.  He turned on the headlights.  He should say something to Bethany, but he couldn't think of a word to say.  He kept thinking about four women and not knowing how to handle this without offending someone.<br/><br/>And his taxi slowly headed back to camp.