"I feel like I could take on the world!" Lori crowed, grabbing her purse."Hey, Anya, me and some of the other girls are going out for some food.We're ...ay too amped to go to sleep right now. Wanna come?"Anya gave her grandmother a glance, got a tacit approval."I'd love to," she said. "Let me grab my purse."The old woman couldn't suppress a smile. The spell had taken effect well -Lori's memories of her own past were being wiped clean. By the time shearrived for work tomorrow, she would have no. I quickly emailed Zee, letting her know that I'd arrived safe and sound, and asked her to meet me there the next day. I was surprised, and elated, when she replied "Yes".That day was spent shaking off the effects of the sleeping pills I took and jet lag. I was, to put it bluntly, a zombie. But I was ready for the next day.About a half hour before Zee was supposed to show up, I made my way to the lobby. I sat in one of the chairs idly reading something or the other on my ebook reader. But I. I didn’t blame her, mind you, and I wasn’t mad at her. The deception didn’t bother me for some reason. I guess maybe I understood why she had done it, at least somewhat.The problem was that it had altered our relationship without me having a real say in it. Of course, as Stephanie pointed out, I was dumb. Jennie had told me that sex changes everything. We did it with very different goals in mind. And now I had to deal with the aftermath. No matter what I did, I was going to hurt her, me, or. Never-the-less on that day Gronk made a friend,admittedly a fun obsessed, scatter-brain, but having someone to talk tokept her sane and mostly kept her out of the past. Plus Squinqel had moreexperience with nymphs than her, the pond in which he was a pup having anymph of his own. So considering himself an expert he was always offeringBabes advice, some of which was valid. Still Gronk found herself goingalong with most, even the silliest thing, stopping when Squinqel couldnot longer hold back.