. once ... way back when..." she mumbled as she eyed up her gate crasher.Rachel, her work mate and very good friend came up behind her, and slung an a...m across her shoulders. "Who's the dish?" she slurred with a grin."Gees Rache!" someone exclaimed. "Shouldn't you at least go for a guy with skin?"Penny laughed. "Oh I don't know ... he was certainly a hunk ... you can tell that even without the skin. She reached up to stroke along the smooth, white bones of his shoulder. "I mean look how wide. We stood in silence and I turned to leave before she spoke up. "Hey, where are you headed?" To my room. I have a party to get ready for, so if you'll excuse me--" Jake Henshaw's party?" She cut me off and her eyes burned into me."Um, yeah. How do you know him?" Oh, he's in one of my honors classes." She just had to throw that in my face. Emma would always try to brag about her accomplishments as an attempt to beat me or something. It got old fast and I was never sure what the goal was."Cool.. ” She muttered something under her breath about how disappointed she was with Seth, but Alluna thought about what she’d said about the clubs. “S-strip clubs. They are where humanoids go to see others remove their clothing and dance.” Anniel tilted her head to the side. “That’s right. Rem said you’ve never been out of your tower room…never so much as saw others.” “I saw mama,” and the vampire, and the dragon. Anniel pursed her lips. “You’ve missed out on a lot. Rowie’s coming home today. Seth. After a liberal application of sunblock to our exposed areas of skin, we locked the door and went in search of somewhere to eat. It also seemed perfectly natural that Karen should hold my hand as we walked, as we had as children.There were eating places in the resort but we decided to venture into the nearest town, where we found several small cafés. The food was good and cheap and we washed it down with cold Spanish beer. In hot countries there is a lot more activity as the sun begins to set.