"Kim turned to Paul, put her arms around his waist, and looked up at him."How about you Paul, do you like me for more than just sex?" Kim asked him."K...m," he said softly, "I more than like you... I love you. I don't care if you want to have sex or not, I'll still love you."Kim's eyes began to fill with tears. She hugged Paul tightly and rested her head on his shoulder."Oh Paul," she said. "You're the sweetest guy in the world. I love you too Paul, but I was afraid to tell you. I didn't want to. "I just don't remember, I promise you. I never said anyone could have sex with me, but it must have been that week. That night." You danced a bit with that barman," her mother told her. "Was it him?"Katherine shrugged through the tears. "I don't know. I think my drinks were laced as Matthew had to carry me home. I met someone from school outside and he hit on me but I don't think we did anything. I just don't know. I wish I did, but I don't."Joseph took a deep breath and stared at his wayward. Form-fitting slacks. My hands put them on my body without any impetusfrom my own thoughts.Allegra went up to the attic and went straight for the one beaker shehadn't touched the previous day: the one I'd prepared after that firsttransformation to revert myself back to male. For a brief moment, Ithought maybe she was going to drink it."No, silly," she said, "this is for something more important."She didn't consult the notes. She just worked from memory. Or maybeshe was improvising: like a. When he kicked the rock out, it... Well... Just don't do anything until Jessica or I get here. There aren't many rocks in the fields — never were that many, anyway. But Sam and I cleared everything we could find that would cause us trouble. But there's always the occasional something..."Surprising Carla, Fred grabbed her and hugged her. Quickly releasing the startled woman, he chuckled and said, "I was raised on a farm. My dad preached safety almost as much as the rangemaster at the police.