signing , he leaned his head back against the sofa cushion behind him and closed his eyes . how did he know what i was thinking ? `` you can take care of yourself . '' he saw movement left and right . `` has she already told you about her near-miss today ? '' the comedians did get progressively better but a ) that wasnt hard considering where we started and b ) we continued to drink into the night . i 'm just gon na run upstairs to check on her . '' 