"I have a special present for you," Jennette said, lingering uncertainly by the door before crossing over to her vanity area."Really? You know you did...'t have to get me anything, I already got a ton of stuff from everyone else. Not that I don't want your gift if you already went out of your way to get it."The blonde smiled at the suddenly flustered birthday girl. One of Jennette's favourite things about Miranda was her super politeness. People didn't believe her when she said that Carly's. "Uh, sure," I said, trying to hide the tentpole in my pants.Bart answered the door with his shirt off and a beer in his hand. "Hey, tiger, did you get any?" Are you kidding," I said, as he let me in and reached for a beer for me."We, uh, kissed a little, but that was all." Well, kid, the chase is half the fun," he said. "At least, it is till you catch them, then the fucking is all the fun. So you must be having a serious case of the blue balls, all making out and no relief," he said.I shrugged,. You will do as I say or Ican guarantee that you won't be able to sit down for a month of Sundays.Let me get these rollers out of your hair. It should be done enough toget some nice curl. Your hair has such body. I just wish that I had hairas nice as yours and so easy to manage. Oh, bother, you'll get use toit. See how it frames your pretty face, sweetie.Be careful as I drape your dress over your head. You don't want to getyour make up smeared on it or your hair mussed. Isn't it absolutely. In fact, I found her pretty darned intelligent, but under-educated. She watched TV a lot, and actually kept up with current events and loved the science and nature channels. And we talked."Just uninteresting engineer stuff, Cin," I said. "It's not always magic. Sometimes it's a lot of tedious paperwork." Oh," she said. "You hate that, don't you?"Before I responded, I noticed how she was looking at me, and it had a different look than before. Her green eyes, framed by the longest lashes I have.