"Right away, Larry, right away. I'll just check that they've got changed. They were all supposed to bring a costume but you know what models are like.... Alessa wandered off in the direction of the hall. She returned moments later. "All ready, Larry, darling," she said. "All ready. You sit down and we'll give you a show. Oh, I brought some music."She slipped a CD into the hi-fi and pressed 'play'. Strains of the Beautiful South spilled out of the speakers. "She's a perfect ten, but she wears a. Still others perceive it visually, as shades of light and gleaming auras. A few have described it as a sense of weight; the lightness of success and how heavy failure feels.I have at times known all of these, and more. Some I have studiously avoided knowing. Ancient Arghynn of Sembol spoke of the sexual excitement his successes created. I knew enough of the kinds of magic he preferred to understand I was unlikely to travel the same path he followed. I personally did not think I could be. "Faith dodged another piece of furniture, "See B. I told you it wasreal, now you owe me 20 bucks."Buffy dodged the telephone that was thrown at her, "Fine. I'll pay youif the both of us get out of here alive." I might have to survive this, just to see that happen."The man picked up a bookshelf and tossed it towards the Slayers, bothdived out of the way. It crashed through the wall, creating a hole."See what I can do. Give up before I kill the both of you. Neither oneof you can take me. "I just want for your safety, to know that you WILL come home to me." I sobbed once more. A soft chuckle escaped his lips. "The worst that could happen to me is stubbing my toe." He smiled and pulled me in for a passionate kiss. Our lips crashed hard against one anothers. The sweet scent of his skin intoxicated my brain, and I melted into his body. He held me up, still kissing me.*I felt his warm hands on the small of my back, his face centimeters from mine.The blue of his eyes were hiding.