Abby looked at her out of the corner of her eye as if to say, "Sure," in that coy little way that only women could, but she did add a word of her own into the mix, "The best looking guy on the island?  If you don't want him I'll devour him.  I was supposed to be a woman by now, you know," she whispered into her ear.  She was joking, her laughter just accented it.  Still, the way she looked at him, it wouldn't be too far out of the possibility.  Lois had though the same thing, making that very clear without even saying a word.<br/><br/>Tommy jogged to catch up, walking along Valla's side, just a little bit ahead, head turned to look at Abby, "So what have you two girls been talking about?  I thought I'd escaped all of..." he started, Abby, as fiery as her hair interrupted, leaving Tommy with his mouth open as she slammed her sentence down on him with a gusto only a wide open shot could give.<br/><br/>"We still talk about you, you're just not around to know it anymore, boy," she teased, pulling at Valla, "Although I think you should go swimming so Valla and I can chat..." she urged, glancing at Valla and then quickly at Tommy, trying to communicate another advantage to him swimming.  "The doctor said sand and sun, right?  So get to it.  Valla didn't try to get herself killed, why punish her?"