"I'm sorry," she said after a moment, and then looked away, "I just can't. Not again." She looked so sad, there were tears in her beautiful eyes. Cryi...g? Here? I wouldn't have thought that possible. I'd never seen someone so sad before, not even in my lifetimes. I stood and went around the desk; sitting next to her I took her hand and tried to be comforting. "I'm sorry, Mia, I know it's been hard for you. I've read your file." She shook her head. "You have no idea, none at all." "Maybe I do. I. After all, you're asleep. But unlike most dreams, this is all real, believe me. Who am I, I hear you wondering? Well, I suppose you can just call me...God. One of them anyway. You see, most people believe that there has only ever been one God. Thing is, that's only true in some realities and parallel universes. But in an Omniverse so large as to be unmeasurable there are bound to be other dimensions with multiple god-like entities." So, why am I telling you all this? You see, I started getting. There were no introductions, no applause. That would be saved for the finals on Saturday night.Dave's eyes ran down the list quickly. Pleased but not surprised, he found "Criswell, Tiffany" a short way down the list of passing candidates. He turned to her and hugged her close. "Congratulations," he said, "I'm so proud of you!" Yeah, well, like I said, I had a pretty damned good chemistry teacher. He's good at a LOT of things," she taunted provocatively.Dave's grin nearly touched both ears.. She felt her face go redder and redder, the desire building inside her like never before. He softly released her fingers, now cleaned and no chocolate left on them. He then took a piece of strawberry… traced her lips with the chocolate, then removed the strawberry and wiped the chocolate from her lips. He laughed as her tongue tried to capture his finger… his eyes twinkled at her, letting her know that in good time, she would taste him. He watched as her lips once again instinctually opened.