We also began having periods, just like most of our friends and constantly traded story after story among ourselves. Then, there began to be a few sto...ies of giving handjobs to boys, then sucking them, and, finally, full oral sex between our girlfriends and their boyfriends. No one was fucking yet or, at least admitting it, yet.Now that we were thirteen, yes, we were hearing tales of fucking and condoms and the pill and some kind of stuff you can buy that kills the sperm, yes, sex among our. Maria returned, toweling her hair. The dark shadow of her pubic hair was visible through her knickers."Emma and Lauren seem to be good friends, don't they?" she said, slipping onto the sofa, slightly nearer to him than before. He thought he felt the warmth of her body."Hmm. The nanny we had before was ancient!" What do you call ancient?" she asked, in mock annoyance."About forty" And how old do you think I am?" She turned to him, as if giving him the chance to do a thorough appraisal before. ”“And what does ‘Borealis’ mean?”“That’s the name your people gave my planet, you named it after our star. In our language the name roughly translates to ‘the great mother’ or ‘the all-mother’. In our culture our mother planet is a strict parent who cruelly disciplines her children, but it makes them strong and hardy.”“Also sociopathic,” he chided, and she frowned.“Maybe to you, but human behavior is just as strange to us. You’re socially crude and your interactions lack nuance, it’s like you. Makeeda, who looked very little like this stunning Sheena, the nurse.All these reflections happened in the space of less than a minute, and since Laura appeared vaguely abstracted anyway-the jet lag excuse she had given to Sara-neither Sara nor Sheena seemed puzzled by her silence. Sheena smiled again and moved a little to the side on the small sofa, as if to offer her a seat there, and Laura felt too embarrassed not to take it."Be right back with tea for all," Sara announced, heading for her.