"Max kissed the top of her head, "I just wanted to make sure that you were sated for tonight. I think I found a way to learn Neil's power and maybe ev...n neutralize him." Really?" asked Celeste, sitting up."I want you to help me do an experiment," Max said. "Will you?" Of course," Celeste said.Max took a pair of earplugs out of their packaging and handed them to her, "Put these in your ears and turn your back."Celeste did as she was told. Sitting right behind her, Max said, "Turn around and face. ”No, no you’re not. I like it too, it’s just weird how it’s turning out,” said Bianca.“Because we couldn’t stand each other?”Bianca matched Rachel’s smile. “I guess. Shall we see how it goes, try things out?”“I’d love too, no promises and always be honest. Agreed?”Bianca kissed Rachel. “Agreed.”“What shall I do about her?” She inclined her head toward Rosie.“Who? Rosie? If you want to play that’s fine with me. Just be careful with her. She bites.”“Yeah, I kind of got that, which is half the. "I know, but I'm sick of having to be a 'good girl' when the men in my student group are out there trying to nail every woman in sight, including some of the female lecturers," Patty said with a smile as I ran my fingertips up her T-shirted side."Men will be men," I said. "What they don't realise is that it takes two..." True," sighed Patty as I gently kissed her neck, making her tense slightly from the feelings invoked."No strings Patty," I said. "What happens here, stays here, and what you do. There will be plenty enough for me to see." It doesn't make me jealous," Max told him."Well then just help me out man," Stuart insisted.Five minutes later they were in the corridor outside the girls locker room.Max felt stupid and used, but now he had promised to help and he couldn'tback out."Just hurry up and go in there," he told Stuart."Not yet," Stuart said, looking suspiciously around.It was after school and there was hardly anybody in the building. At the endof the hall, someone was.