It was also where all the         
researchers, and visitors, put on pink 
contamination suits that made everyone 
look like big pink cotton balls.       
     Each locker room also had a shower
and sit-down toilet with walls and a   
locking door. The locker room was where
we changed from our street clothes into
scrubs.                                
     Usually, before going into the    
Vivarium, I’d change into scrubs first.
     It did sound like a drug, but this
time I was just going to wear one of   
those pink cotton balls instead.       
     I pulled Beth into the men's      
locker room.                           
     At this time of night, there was  
no reason for anyone to be in there,   
and there wasn't. I took a quick look  
around to make sure, then got on one   
* knee, took her hand and asked again,     
"Beth, will you marry me?"             
     "No!" Beth laughed, folded her    
arms, and turned her back on me.       
     “But, you already said yes,” I    
asked, almost whining.                 
     "Not until I know for sure that   
you're not crazy. I don't want our     
kids to turn out to be psychos."       
     I raised my hands in defeat, “Ok, 
will you marry me, if I turn out not to
be a psycho?”                          
     She laughed and got down on her   
knees with me.                         
     "Of course I'll marry you, stupid,
even if you turn out to be crazy. I'm  
just playin' wit' ya."                 
     "Man, you had me going there for a
minute," I said, wiped my brow, and    
then we kissed.                        



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