"I don't understand you. I really don't," the dryad chuckled, shrugging."You can't say you haven't been curious yourself" Niala said slyly."I've seen ...ou peek at people we've passed... and peeking at us. You'recurious, and you're unwilling to admit it."Salicia felt a flush rise to her cheeks, and was unsure if it wasnoticeable on her bark-like complexion. "M-maybe. But it is hardlyproper for a son of the mountains to have such thoughts. Bad alone I amstuck as a girl who looks like a tree. Why. Of course I want her, she's finally mine, and she looks agonizingly tasty, but if all I wanted was sex, I wouldn't have asked her to be with me just now. There's more to us than that, and I'm happy to give her as long as she needs, as long as she's mine. I know I hurt her, this is my fault, so I can be patient. * I thought I could be patient. This is harder than I thought it would be. We've been together for four days, I've seen her three times, and we haven't done anything past kissing...it's. ” I said. “I’ll open them after the party”.”Ok. Then what will we do?” “Let’s play spin the bottle!” Neha suggested. Everyone became excited. I brought dad’s old beer bottle. We all sat in a circle. I spun the bottle. It pointed towards Rahul”Dare” he said.”Kiss the birthday girl!” the girls shouted in chorus. I had a crush on him so they said so. He came forward to kiss me. I was nervous. It would be my first kiss. I had to pee but I couldn’t get up and go because he was already near me. I. " We're definitely going with you," Jessica said as she leaned forward to touch Fred's shoulder."Good. Thank you. You two being with me will make it easier. First, I need to stop by the florist, though. She always loved roses..." he said chopping the sentence off before the lump in his throat made his voice break.But then there was a bump in Fred's road.Brenda, this is going to be hard on me, Fred thought."Hard on you? What about me? I vote no. Give the roses to your women. I don't want to go.