‘I’m Nick.’ ‘Hi Nick,’ she said, still watching the TV. A full minute passed before she looked over at him, her dark hair falling in front o... her eyes. ‘I’m Brynn.’ ‘Interesting name,’ he said, ‘I don’t think I’ve met a Brynn before. How old are you?’ Still looking at him steadily, still expressionless, she said, ‘Old enough.’ A few moments passed in silence, only the TV chattering in the background, and then she turned away from him. Without asking permission, Nick turned off the TV and the. . well, it’s rare even for someone to have only one partner in a human lifetime, right?”Was that a jab at me? What were Katriana and her talking about?She took one of my hands in hers and softly said, “You know, we could go elsewhere and have a more ... detailed discussion about Elven relationships.”I stiffened, and glanced to the side. Katriana and Voss’ game must have been heating up because they had stopped moving pieces around on the game board and started to remove them as each took a. Only lying there a few seconds, I felt Joe helping me up to my feet and leading me down the hallway towards the bedroom area.He led me into one of the bedrooms and told me to stand leaning against the bed while he got the bed ready for me. I watched him through hazy eyes, turn down the bed then come around to me. Very quickly, he undid my shorts and pulled them down around my ankles. He then had me step out of them before pulling my shirt up over my head.Now I was leaning against the bed. " What do you talk about?" I was curious. I've never been able to figure out how two girls could talk on the phone for hours at a time—I'd figured they were talking about us guys, but, hey, we're not that complicated. It shouldn't take too long to dissect us."Oh, a lot of stuff. Things she really should be talking to her mother about, but it sounds like Gail has a hard time talking to her. Even talking about, you know, girl-stuff."Girl-stuff? Oh, yeah. I wasn't going there! All I knew was that.