.. but you can call it that ... the locals won’t mind.”“Why here?”“You need a vacation,” Seven said. She discombobulated. “We do too.”...he seven in one looked like they did in Australia ... like they had spent weeks on the nude beaches of Perth ... tan, fit and ready to party.“Listen to that,” said Two.Faint and wind borne, fading in and out with the breeze, was the summer music of Jamaica ... reggae.“Oh, good lord,” I said. “I love reggae. That sounds like UB 40. Who is that?”“Some local. What you've done is wrong, and it deserves some sort of punishment," she says. Confused and scared, I peak up at her stern face. "You invaded my privacy and stole that. So finish what you started, while I watch." I look at her with disbelief. "I can't do that." "You weren't having trouble a minute ago." I try to mutter a protest. "You've watch me do private things, very private things. Now I get to watch you," she says. "Come on let's see it. Drop the t-shirt. Come on drop it." I drop the shirt. Anyway, whether you accept credit or not, I insist on being grateful for everything you’ve done for me.”“As you wish, Merlin. Will there be anything else?”“Um, no, I guess not. Jesus, Smoke, you can be a real buzz-kill, you know that?”“So you’ve told me on more than one occasion, Merlin.”Steffany and Merlin were waiting when Leann let herself into his apartment that evening.“Hi guys,” she bubbled a she hung her light jacket on the coat rack. “I know it’s my night to cook, but I was thinking. "Have a nice time?" "Yes, it was very nice." I went to my room. I was a boy, I knew it, Mark knew it, so why did he kiss me? Worse, why did I let him, and why did I like it so much? Mark called the next day, and with mom's permission, he came over. Mom had taken to letting me wear shorts, so that's what I had on, with a pink top, when Mark came over. On the patio, he talked, I smiled a lot, and he kissed me again, a lot more passionately this time, and I once again let him. I was turning into a.