"Tammy took Sara's hand. Staring straight down the road, she whispered tentatively, "Unless I help you out."They turned to face each other. Neither sa...d a word. It had been bound to happen. Two normal teenaged girls, both attractive, best friends from forever, loads of sleepovers. They knew each other's bodies down to the bare skin, had admired each other's assets, had even joked about it. They had touched each other's breasts when sharing a bed, when swapping clothing, even when complimenting. “Wow, I’ve never seen tits like these before”, grunted Amjed, “they’re fantastic.” Softer, than in my youth, my breasts were still considered quite sexy, for a woman my age. I fumbled with his jeans until they were halfway down his legs. “Take your fingers out”, I urged him. His face lit up, “So we are finally going to fuck? You have no idea how many wanks I’ve had thinking about you!” I didn’t know if it was meant to flatter me, but there was only one thing that I wanted now. I put my left. All that aggravation for nothing, I thought. Later that night I was surprised by the sirens outside the gate at 3AM. I awoke then hopped out to the gate to open it. I kept them waiting for a few minutes. I was sorry but I couldn’t tell them there no lock from so far away. I got there using one leg and a crutch. The ambulance said the call was from someone in a cabin. Instantly I began thinking of John. I followed behind the ambulance. I was almost run down by a Sheriff’s car.When the ambulance. " But what about the Pharaohs?" Lindy asked. "They ruled their empire as dictators for millennia."Nick shrugged. "They had their dynasties, determined by the gods such that pharaohs were gods themselves supposedly. Nothing could weaken that. It would be utterly destructive." Like the dissolving of Yugoslavia?" I suggested."Much worse," Nick said, "but perhaps it's analogous. Small minds would be let loose, become rapacious. But in the end it would probably spell the end of Egypt as an entity.