" She laughed delightedly and noticed my red face."Poor Sal," she chided me, "You had a tough time explaining that. Here, mating is the sex act whethe... or not for children. Your mate is the person to whom you are connected permanently or, at least, until one or both of you want to end that connection. Picking a mate is a very serious matter. Mating is important, but never serious. It's supposed to be enjoyable. So, do you want to mate me or become my mate?" Yes, to the first," I responded. Very subtle, I know. We let him pick it out himself. Well, actually it washis second choice. He wanted 'Lucile Lovescox' but the county clerk wasn'tgoing for that name change."Despite herself Carla-Jean laughed, her giggles turning to a snort at thethought of this bizarre drag queen version of her ex-husband prancing intoa county clerk's office and demanding to get their birth certificateturned into something that sounded like the top billing for a drag show.Shannon spoke again after Carla-Jean. You really want to be this?''''yes let me go iam cindy I dont know any Mathiew , i want to go home ''''these black guy dont care about you they just making you into a pet they can abuse dont you understand''''no they are all very nice guy i want to go now''''god I cant believe this, what your parents are gonna think , what am I supposed to say''''let me go''and he had no choice but let him go''iam sorry tp say this but even if we go get him, he will not want to go back with you, i tried with. Are we going to cover it?”“The point in time were cannons defeated the greatest medieval defenses ever erected,” he said. “The day that curtain walls became obsolete.”Zelda CarterI had no idea why I was putting on these panties. I shuddered as I stepped into the satin, silky underwear. A tingle raced up my legs as I dragged them up my calves. These were the panties I found yesterday when I arrived at my history class. I didn’t know why anyone would leave them behind. What girl would do that? I.