‘Well there goes my sleep today,’ April said. ‘Why did I ever buy this place?’ ‘Don’t ask me, I just work here,’ Viv said. ‘Well go ...ack to the office and pull up her file. Have it ready when the cops ask for it. I’m exhausted I’m going to try to get some sleep, at least an hour or so while they do their CSI shit,’ April suggested. When she her head hit the pillow she was almost asleep. It was a trick, sleeping under pressure, one she had learned in Kabul. April 3 April had been able to put. I guess I had been one of those little boys who had wanted to believe in those heroic stories. Hearing the truth behind some of them wasn’t all that glorious. I put my hand on her shoulder as I wanted her to know that I didn’t think badly about her.“Before he died,” Cajsa explained, “Ivar told us they would be gathering all the most powerful Magicians they could find. But since they are from all around the country, they’d need to be trained to face the creature. It might take more than a year.. You?” She shook her head before launching into another monologue on the importance of angles. I was enjoying our time together and looked forward to seeing her more and more. Although, I thought guiltily, not for the sake of science.In nineteen years I’ve only ever kissed guys; never really entertained the thought of girls although I had friends who’d experimented under the cover of darkness at slumber parties. I’m a straight down the heterosexual line – lost my virginity to one and fantasise. M: So they were willing?S: They’d never admit it. But they have begged me to screw them in the past when they get drunk. You don’t need to feel sorry for those bastards. However, they’d deny any such thing when sober.M: So you fuck your friends often?S: Just them. They are not exactly my friends. They were college bullies. We just kept them around because their fathers were rich. They sponsored the whole party. The others know that I am gay, but all trust me. I won’t take advantage of them..