Cause she never wore her socks. Shehad a pet snake.She bought a red guitar, and she ate awhole cake.And there wasn’t anybody there to tellher what t... do,so she did what she wanted to.And everybody knew the story of ThePrincess Who Saved Herself.”-Jonathan Coulton, “ThePrincess Who Saved Herself“The Route 500 bus dropped Denise Cole off at the SeaTac Mall transit center in Federal Way. She walked through the rain, over to the comic shop, and picked up the Equals household’s hold boxes; then. And hers. For once, Rachel has a say in her sex life again, if only for the night. It will be interesting to see what she does with it,” Tanya snickered as Octavio finished scanning Rachel and also marked her hand with an old-fashioned yellow marker to show that she was properly admitted.Tanya also got a mark on her hand, but not a scan, of course, as she kissed Rachel on the lips and they both parted ways to seek out their partners for the night. Tanya knew that Dan was already there. I wish I could take some credit, but I cannot.In the days immediately after the slap, she watched me! I believed she was looking for an opportunity to humiliate me and I avoided her. But I read the situation all wrong!She knew she had over reacted. She was immediately sorry for the slap, although she was grateful the the groping that I had started had stopped. She was earnestly afraid that I was throwing caution to the winds and that she would get caught, and fired. Initially, she was grateful. “Okay,” I sat down beside her, “what have exactly happened in your dream?” “Well… there were these two clowns. They both were huge, muscular, bald black guys with their faces painted white and a red nose. Oh, and a red hat.” “Were they sad clowns or happy clowns?” “I think happy ones. And they had those strange, colorful ragged clothes on. And boots. Black boots.” “What were you wearing?” “Well… some kind of latex stuff… And a cap just like the soldiers wear in the old soviet movies!” .