’ ‘A chick bassist, I don’t like it.’ This from the geek so I glare at him. ‘Doesn’t matter what I have or don’t have hanging between my...legs, I can play and you want a bassist. Here I am so do you want me to play or leave you to try and get something good out of what is out there?’ I get stared at for a few seconds so shrug and turn away to leave. ‘Wait, we would like to hear you.’ Sigh and turn around. ‘Do you got a song you want me to play?’ Three shaken heads. ‘We have limited success with. It was like before, only now we were getting more and more familiar with each other. He really made me feel good, and I was ready to go further in our relationship. The next day we were not to be going out till the evening, so I had lots of time to myself. I was in a particularly good mood all day, as I think subconsciously I knew I was going to give in to my feelings. In the middle of the afternoon, (when I knew there would be lots of hot water) I took a bath, a long, leisurely bath where I. As the foreigner was busy with a crossword at the other end of the bar, I got the nearest thing to a friendly nod from Eric, and went over and joined him for a pint of the local ale - only barely drinkable, but mercifully cheap.In this depressed atmosphere, conversation did not seem to be flowing very smoothly, so we probably drank a bit faster than usual. When the third round of drinks was set-up, I tried a touch of humour. "How's your love-life?"It was not really a serious question. But. "Something else that is going to be harder for you - you can't go out forwalks alone anymore. Anytime you want to go somewhere, you have to beaccompanied by one of us, or someone who we trust who knows your secret.When we get back, the three of us are going to have to do some self-defensetraining as well as some special training about how to handle 'creatures'such as yourself. But for now, we just have to keep you close-by. Insidethe house, especially after the new security system is installed,.