.."She snapped out of her reverie as she felt his foot innocuously slide off hers, releasing her leg to swiftly join it's partner. Looking down, she r...ad the card he had put in her hand. She knew the Cafe Parisienne. She would not be late.THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!... The bass drummed through his head, the flashing lights drilling into his eyeballs."This is definitely not my scene, must be getting old," he mused. In truth, Dan Hegarty was in his element. He had always been a party animal and exuded. "They adjusted the rings. Elaine set her green compartment to blue, andher red compartment to pink. Bob, by contrast, set both of hiscompartments to their pink settings. Pink in, and pink out. Theytouched their rings, and there was another flash.Two identical copies of Elaine stared at one another. However, this timethere was no embarrassment, no need for cover ups, no awkwardness, nodisgust, no fear of touching, no fear of rape or even of penetration.Only attraction. Only symmetry and. " Okay, okay, it's all right," he said hastily. "Jesus, I never... I don't drink a lot, you see. It was Robby, his birthday. We started at the office... and continued... and continued..." Don't think I don't know how it happens," I interrupted him laughing."God!" he growled again and clasped his stomach. "Oh, sorry, I didn't thank you. You really saved me - I could get to police, I don't know where else!"He was visibly in pain, for all his polite speeches."Ever had a hangover?" I asked. "What. As we are too far away, we are homeschooled by my mom and since I can remember mom has always checked any books me or my sister use when studying to make sure they are correct, this includes crossed words and indexes missing.“Oh yeah, thank you very much mom, you are so smart!”, I said.“My oh my, well I want you to really study this book ok young girl? And tell your sister also”, she told me reassuringly.“Yes mom, thank you!”, I went running to my bedroom to open the book and absorb all of its.