I’d much rather have you here.” He shifts his weight slightly and won’t look me in the eye. “Why is that, Rick?” I ask, wondering if he will...admit to how he feels about me. My hands are still on his shoulders, and I begin to run them slowly down his biceps. Wow. He doesn’t look big, but he’s cut. I can feel the muscles rippling under his shirt. “I think you know why,” he says softly. His eyes briefly meet mine, then dart away. He’s nervous. That makes me bolder. “I’ve heard things, but only. Or everyone at forward. Opposing teams had no idea what to do with us. Suddenly, a forward from the opponents had to come out from under the basket to guard me or we'd have three guys working the ball in the backcourt with only two guards trying to play us. And you should have seen the confusion on their guards' faces when we threw four forwards and a center under the basket and left no one in the backcourt. Well, it sure worked against South Whitley.There was one awkward point. Of seven. Until it is a part of you. Jill. Show him, please."I let go of Laurie's hand and bowed, staying down until Sensei bowed back to me."Double time, please."This was something new to me. I closed my eyes and centered myself, picturing my old class doing the routine at normal speed, then envisioning what double speed would be like. I opened my eyes and went into the routine. What he had told Charlie was true; my body did know the routine. Doing it twice as fast as I was used to felt right,. ” Then she did something that had Ra’s mouth dropping open. She sat and didn’t say another word!Ra turned toward Ephus his mouth still hanging open then a huge smile lit up his features. Leaning close Ra whispered to Ephus, “Just for this I KNOW you will pass the test! That will be a glorious day when you are a part of this realm!”Ephus looked at Ra as if he’d lost his mind, “A part of this realm? What are you talking about?”“Why you would be here in this realm with Bast and the others.” Ra saw.