"Peter! Stop it!" Kimmie, you told me you loved me." I... I do. It's just that..." That what?" Well... I've never... you know... done it before." It's...okay. I'll show you," he said, his hand slipping under her blouse and fumbling for the bra clasp."Peter, I don't know. Mom says..." Look, everybody knows what happened to your mom. It was terrible. But that was a long time ago. Not every guy is a rapist you know." Suppose we go slowly. I'll let you take off my bra if you just won't push." But.... "Been there and tried that. As she pointed out to me earlier tonight she and I are family, and you and I are family, but you two have no direct relationship to each other, except through me, which is not enough to matter. We were all just raised together as if we were family, but you two are not related by blood or anything else," smiled Ariel."But what do I do, what do I say. I'm not sure I want to even explore it given our past together. Then there is Maria. I was just starting to like her. "Whatever," she said with a shrug as she rang up the sale. Pat fumbled in his purse for his wallet, and pulled out four twenty-dollar bills. As she counted out his change, she noticed his torn dress and stockings. "Hey, I'm sorry, mister. Here you go."Pat took his change and gave her a forced smile. He did not look back to see whether any of the people waiting in line had witnessed his mortification. Taking his plastic shopping bag, he walked out of the drug store and back into the bedlam on. "We made progress. He's starting to learn."Joey woke up and found himself on Sandy's couch. The television was still on, and he rolled over, looking for the remote. It was on the floor. He picked it up, stood up groggily, turned on a light, and shut off the TV."Whoah," he muttered. Images of his dream were still fresh in his mind, but were fading. He sat back down and tried to piece the images together again. There was a woman, and something about tables moving around Lynne, and asking about.