. “I knew you’d be pleased,” she stroked my ass happily, “I mean ... I do see Mandy and Derek outside school sometimes, but it’s, you know.....”“Yes I know.” They hang out because they’re fellow rejects rather than because they have a lot in common.“It’s what you wanted for me, isn’t it?” She’d picked up some sign of my ambivalence about it.“Yes of course it is,” I gave her a squeeze.“Oh good. I’m so excited! It’s next Friday. Zack’s parents are away they said.”I fought off the urge to ladle. " How are the girls? Are they safe?"He leaned close and whispered very softly into my ear. "They are with the Doctor." He stood up and backed away a bit. "Anya is here, next door to you. We've got people in your rooms and covering the floor. No one gets in unless I or my people know who they are. So don't go Code Blue on me or you could end up in the morgue and you know how pissed off Dr. Wills would be if that happened."I smiled at the man. "I'll do my best. Do me a favor, would you?" If I. We're almost there. Just a little longer."The door was a normal door, not even marked. Inside was a small and modern clinic. A naked woman sat at the reception desk."Hi Susan. Hi Nancy. And you must be Amanda." The woman patted her chest. "I'm Emma. Dr. Kingbee will see you right after we draw samples. Iris is waiting for you in the lab."The three women herded Amanda into the lab. Iris was a pregnant and naked brunette of average height. She was plain, neither pretty nor unattractive, but did. I held out my cup for a refill and sank into a chair."I'm beginning to feel almost human again. God, I didn't realize it got light this early!" I sighed.Richard chuckled and asked, "Is it always this exciting around here in the morning?"Thinking of how I must have looked standing naked in the middle of the room with a bed sheet wrapped around one leg, frantically trying to locate a nonexistent fire while the phone was ringing off the hook, sent me into gales of laughter. I'd just taken a sip of.