"I don't know," she replied. "I didn't keep count.'I smiled. That she didn't know meant that it was far more than once."What do you think would happen...if Mike got a copy of the DVD?" I asked her. I didn't think she'd want her boyfriend seeing it; at least not yet. "Or what about if it leaked out at work?" You wouldn't!" she squeaked."I might," I told her. "If you don't do everything that I want." What do you want?" she asked."Right now," I said, pulling her to the couch and throwing her over. He wasn't theonly one.The club closed at about 3am. "Can I offer you a lift home?" he said."I'm getting a taxi."Colette looked at me, silently imploring me not to go."That'll be lovely," I said.I wasn't ready to face the world as a kitten, so one of the bouncerslent me his coat; a huge greatcoat that covered all of me. Nevertheless,you wouldn't have taken me for male. My stockinged legs were stickingout of the bottom of the coat and I had girl's shoes and lipstick on. Iknew that anyone hearing. Even if you?d just like to take a nap, we willshow you to a guest room and you can make yourself comfortable."There was a round of appreciative applause from everyone. They werehappy to be in a comfortable, warm space where Christmas was actuallybeing celebrated.June gave Veronica a wave and Ronnie said, "Well, I guess things areready, but I just have one more thing to tell you. After dinner, Alex,"she indicated him, "and I were planning on giving a concert of somelight classical music and show. Quietly I lay sprawled out on his sofa, reading a nice little romantic fantasy-fiction. Whenever Ian tested his ideas I would pause on my reading to listen in.‘…With a kiss on the cheek she’ll be down on her knees begging please, baby, please…’ were the lyrics he’d just sang as he strummed the musical instrument.‘What kind of song are you writing?’ I ask curiously.‘It’s a song I dedicate to my ex, Lexi,’ he smirked. ‘She’s a dick-hopper.’ I knew Lexi, she and I had been best friends in ninth.