We started out laughing. It got serious when his head descended past my navel. I squealed. I laughed. I hissed. I shuddered. First one. Second one, I ...assed out. Just entirely too much. I woke up in Stoney's arms, his little kisses on my face."One for each freckle," he said. "Each, perfect, whimsical, delightful bit of facial punctuation."I'm melting. At least part of me. He told me early on, "Just so you know, sweetness, if it's hard, then I am more than willing to make love with you. You. The next day, he had a wrecker bring both out to the farm and my dad was a little upset when he saw what I meant to do..."Pete, if you're gonna work on cars, you're going to have to cut down your social life some. You still have chores here, and schoolwork, remember?" I knew that, of course, but hadnt given it much thought. But there was only a week of school left before graduation/summer break and I was sure I could work it out ... I'd done it before."I won't work on them until school's out,. "I swatted her on the butt, then headed for Mrs. Wayne's room.Toby was plugging his keyboard into the wall when I walked in. Peter was standing next to Mrs. Wayne's desk, shifting nervously."Relax," I ordered, then checked on Toby. He sat down and ran some scales, then nodded. I walked over and put my arm around Peter. "I realize nobody asked you the sixty-four thousand dollar question, can you sing? Don't sweat it. We'll just try this. It's the kind of song that doesn't have to be perfect.". His eyes had an eerie all penetrating quality. He smiled at her and his voice was deep, full of authority even now as he spoke friendly and soft. “You do have the same nose as your incredibly beautiful great grandmother Nefirata. She was a very close and dear friend of mine, princess.”He spoke of Queen Nefirata, who was considered influential and important in her time over 200 years ago. Elfi did not even know she curtsied before she already had, instead of saluting and whispered a thank.