Our families always gathered, all of us, both sides of the family, at special occasions. Easter, Memorial Day, the Fourth, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Ch...istmas and New Years’ saw us all gathered in a throng, a sea of bodies, all happy chaos and whimsy and much, much hugging and kissing. Then there was Ellen’s funeral. We gathered as an extended group, but there was laughter only at her memory, happiness only in our memories of her. She’d been taken from us by an uninsured drunk with seven DUI. Why did she have to turn out to be such a bitch?I cast my spell to hide my tail (a Mastered spell, a spell that a witch hastaken the time to study and perfect so that she doesn't have to resort tothe Crutch to cast it) then got changed. We went through the class, and Iwas sure I saw her glancing at me more than once. I thought it was withlust in her eyes, and all through class, I had to focus to keep fromfalling over as I envisioned us writhing naked on a bed together. Thenwhen we were. " Fine."And that was that. Even now Adrienne could remember that afternoon with a clarity she rarely had with her memories. So he wanted to finish it, did he?"Why?", she asked bluntly. "Whats the good of it after so long?" No good at all." he admitted. "You're still a incredibly desirable woman, Ade. I don't know what it is, but something about you reaches out to me and hits all the right spots. That and I've never really felt that what we had was ended." She looked incredulous."It been TEN. " Bonnie smiled. "So this year I figured I'd be a little more conservative. I just did your basic anime Japanese schoolgirl." That's right, a little more conservative," Catalina replied sarcastically. "Roger, I haven't seen a photo of this costume, but I can imagine it. Get the image in your mind of, oh, a twelve- or thirteen-year-old Japanese girl, just starting to get boobs but doesn't really know yet what they're good for. She's wearing a schoolgirl uniform that's made up of a starched white.