They laughed and talked and took some pictures and then the adults went to the family room. Rose led Sugar and me to the stairs to the attic."And we'r... climbing a stairway to heaven," Rose sang softly.Rose and Sugar are the shortest members of our dating group. They are both only five-one. Rose is a svelte, blue-eyed blonde who is totally stacked. Sugar is black as night with eyes so dark I can't see any color and dark nappy hair. She's the exact same height as Rose and has the same size. "Holy fuck!" Donny was first to comment. "Wow!" Alex! You look fantastic." I stopped to give Sam a disconcerting look. "Sorry! Judy."I continued to strut around the kitchen like a catwalk model."Oh man! That's fucking scary!" Donny looked perplexed."What is?" I walked over and plonked myself down on his lap."You've got the walk off to a tee." I've had a lot of practice, babe." I just called Donny, babe!"And your legs ARE stunning!" Sam was only confirming my earlier boast.Sam's compliments were. "Oh, she was involved, Jodi. That little bitch did it. Idon't know how, but she did it. I guarantee it!" Regardless," Jodi tried to get the topic off of Angela, "we need tofocus on the here and now. Four more groups still haven't reported inand one of them was in front of the Chemistry building. Maybe we canfind ourselves a Chemist girl who can meet our needs." I hope so, Jodi." Cammy pushed her hair out of her face. "Because thesenerds could upset everything."* - * - *It tasted awful. Why was. The magic is gone.”Darian collapsed onto his back, and stared up at the sky. The wind was sucked out of him, and Medusa joined him, laying down and putting her cheek on his chest. All that work for nothing. Nothing!Chimera rumbled. “You are both children. Get up. You said Otrera is now a Fate’s Child.”“ ... yeah.”“Then it is her Gaia sensed. She is out there, somewhere. We can find her again.”Medusa nodded. “Yeah, we can try again! And this time, we know what we’re looking for. We’ll catch this.