" There's no need to be ashamed," Buffy assured him. "We are who we are,Xander."He continued to weep; she continued to hold him."Willow's gay," Buffy ...eminded him, "but that doesn't make us love herany the less."That was true, Xander thought, but their knowing that Willow was alesbian had changed their relationships as friends. Although he andBuffy loved Willow just as much as they ever had before she'd announcedher lesbianism, their friendship was different now in some ways, and italways would. ‘Let our friend there go, let him bring our van up to the door, or this stupid bitch is dead, you hear?’ the man yelled out. Elise saw the tear streaked face of Mandy Hebert, a former class mate of hers. She saw the man holding a gun to Mandy’s head. ‘Please,’ Mandy begged silently, clutching protectively at her pregnant belly. Elise nodded slowly. ‘Eric,’ she said. Loudly ‘Let him go.’ ‘What?’ Eric asked, shocked. ‘Put him in the van, let’s just get in the car, and drive away,’ Elise ordered.. " Sure," replied Steve, with a canny smile. "Take your time. You can join when you're ready." Turning to Ralph, he said, "You coming?" Uh. Yeah, I guess so. ...Even though I'm not sure Mick's got the wherewithal to figure out how to untie those knots by himself." We're coming too," said Shelley, finally putting on her T-shirt back on. "We'll see you two later."As the four of them trooped away, Ralph and Steve glancing back at us occasionally, Mick turned toward untying my arms from the bar as. It was to be the first time we were both able to sneak away from our work together. We looked for a long, sex filled weekend of fun.We were walking along Bourbon Street, with the rest of the crowd. Sara was looking great. She had on high heels, a very short skirt, and a thin tank top. And what really turned me on was that she wore nothing underneath any of it. She said she wanted to be ready to “earn” some beads by flashing her small, natural tits at the crowd. She is a closet exhibitionist but.