He knew her offer to come in for a nightcap drink was floated for rejection only. Any last drink would have been shared company with Greg. They kissed...goodnight with distance in their warmth, and Dan returned to his car. Laura watched him drive off before putting her key in the door lock. Greg was waiting and Laura did not want any distance between them as they kissed their greeting. “I had a good time tonight; Dan really wanted me to go home with him. What I really wanted tonight was to come. Paul got up and went to the refrigerator, pulled out beers for him and Randy. Without a word they went out to the patio. I told her the truth. “I’ve never met anybody like you before.” She laughed. “Gosh, and I thought there was a sex-crazed exhibitionist on every street corner. Did you enjoy last night?” Did I enjoy it? I had never had so much fun in my life. Even when I thought I was going to jail I could feel a swell of pleasure. I decided not to think about that just now. Sonja asked if I. Kevin took her hands and made her look at him.“Azizah, my princess, I feel the same way about you. I didn’t want to tell you because I didn’t know how you felt. You are, after all, a princess and I am just a security guard. And I didn’t know if you shared my feelings or that I even felt this way. But the idea that you will be leaving has shown me that I do have feelings for you and I do love you,” he said.“There has to be something we can do to stop this!” she said.“I don’t see how. The next. "I guessnot," he admitted.Barbie grinned. "It's okay with me if you want to jump the fence, youknow? We talked about it, right?" Uh, yeah," said Kelly. "I guess I don't want to do that. Not rightnow?" Right. And if you're not going to tell Richard and Pete that you'rereally a boy, well, we can't stay with the Manns." I'm sorry, Barbie," said Kelly."Don't be. We both need time to think, away from big people." They bothgrinned."Are you sure Harry knows?" Kelly asked.She nodded, "He knows, I told.