I was so fucking nervous, but much too excited to worry. While I waited for him, I put on some lipstick and fixed my hair, then I straightened my clot...es. I was actually dying to take my clothes off, but, well you know, I didn’t. I heard the elevator ding and then heard him walking towards my desk. I didn’t look up, me playing hard to get. He said, “Stand up, Rene.” And I did. “Prove you're not wearing any panties,” moving closer and closer as he talked. “How?” “Show me,” he commanded. “Uh no,. " Sorry," Patrick said. "Now, can you please tell me how someone like yourself ended up in that lamp?" Well," Cornelius said. "I'm one of the little folk, fairies as you generally call us, and I was minding me own business some time ago -- I suppose it would be 800 or so of your own years -- when I took it in mind to see a bit of the world. I stowed away on a ship bound for Palestine, during that little disturbance you had called the Crusades, and in no time at all I found meself in the middle. "And you'll let me know right away if you find anything amiss?" Right away," she said.They said their goodbyes and broke the connection. Jo lay on the bed for a few minutes, pondering the thought of having to confess her sin to her parents. It was an unpleasant thought, somewhat akin to wondering how one was going to tell one's parents that one had been arrested for prostitution or drug smuggling. She put it as far out of her head as she could and got out of bed, walking naked through the. We filled in the form that stated our intentions, secured it under our cars' window wiper and headed off, packs on backs.After hiking steadily uphill for about half an hour, we had warmed up more than enough to make our woollen shirts uncomfortable. I stopped and called to Mom to wait up as I was going to strip down to my tee-shirt. She was more than happy to take a break, shrug off her pack as well and remove her outer shirt. When we were both down to shorts and tee-shirts we decided to take.