" She whispered."Ayeka..." Tenchi attempted, knowing the limits to his control were already outstripped."I know!" She sighed, sliding closer, "I know.... But couldn't we? Just pretend, for awhile?"Tenchi sighed watching her tremble, was she so blind?"Why pretend?" He asked startling her by drawer her close, gazing deep and unashamed into her eyes."I love you too!" He told her firmly.A delighted gasp escaped her, abandoning all restraint Ayeka threw her arms about him squeezing for dear life."Oh. I know how he is about you."I smiled. "I know how Dan is about me, too, Mister Jim. And I'm even worse about him!" Y'all coming over this evening?"he asked."Unless there's some sort of tragedy," I said."Good," he said. "I guess you need to go back to class. Mizz Crockett's been whining about not having her teaching assistant for the last week and a half."Every class I went to for the rest of the day, I got asked the same questions about where I'd been and how the tests were. Kaylee and I ran. She loved the idea and we made it work financially. As a sophomore, she qualified for community college. Terry was always the smartest person in the room. While at college I asked her how it felt to be in a room with other smart people? She simply stated she was still the smartest person in the room. She had aced advanced calculus in the 10th grade. Terry was now living full time as a girl. Her sister loved having a "new" sister.The down side was she was addicted to sex with me and knew it was. She blushed as she asked, ‘Who or what is The Little One?’ Peter’s eyes did not waver. His poker face did not betray a thing. ‘What a strange expression? Where did you hear that?’ ‘Last night one of the waiters remarked The Little One is here’.’ ‘I’m sorry. You will have to ask the waiter.’ Peter’s oriental mask slipped into place so that his inner turmoil was not showing. ‘Cook doesn’t wash up so get busy,’ Peter enjoyed bossing her about, ‘But I’ll wipe.’ ‘You give as many orders as my.