" Girlfriend? That Beth girl you always hung around? She lives just downthe street, doesn't she?"I grimaced. "No... Beth's always been just a friend. ...y girlfriend'sname is Addison."Grandpa came in right then. "Go you! Do we get to meet her?"I shrugged. "She said she might run over here tomorrow if she can getaway from her parents. From what she said her mom pretty much only caresabout the new Little they adopted." Little? Her parents are big?"I laughed. "Grandma, her parents make you look. The grin on your face as you looked at me said that you had enjoyed the ride and there was more to come. You told me to go towards the beach and wait as you needed to pee. Protesting that I would prefer to watch, you shooed me off but as I passed a tree I dodged behind and spied on you. I raced away as you stood and wiped. You walked slowly undoing your blouse buttons and shrugging the blouse to the ground as I walked on unaware. It was the turn of the bra to be removed and semi-naked you. "Hello?" Gwen said. She sounded tired."Hi, its er, Mort here," I said, not sure she would recognise my voice."Just a second Anne, I'll head outside for better reception.".I guessed she couldn't talk, so used the ruse to get some privacy. There was a hopeful tone in her voice that banished a lot of the tiredness I had heard before.After a brief pause, as I heard her moving about, and doors opening and closing, she started talking again. "Oh Mort, is it really you? I've been so worried. How are. ” The dragon moved its head back and then struck forward. The blow was a quick strike, nothing fancy, just a simple thrust forward. I didn’t have many options, and among them being eaten was probably the simplest one to do. Still my training had prepared me and that is how I struck his eye, even as the dragons teeth pierced my legs and torso. The dragon swung its head back in a mighty roar, and inadvertently tossing me into the corner. I couldn’t feel my legs, but I was reasonably sure I was in.