"We'll do this without anyone getting hurt," I tell everyone. Jasonn looks at me and says, "she really means this much to you, doesn't she?" I answer,..."more than the world." Jason takes his necklace off and hands it to me and says, "here's the gator's tooth. Glad my uncle got it for me. Comes in use right about now, doesn't it?" I take the necklace and reply, "thanks. It does come in handy." "You know this doesn't change that we're still rivals that were born to race," Jason notes. I look at. Where are you?" Outside a gourmet food store in Nina-land."She laughed at me adopting the phrase she had invented. "Oh, well, that's perfect. I would start with the gourmet hors d'ouvre I love, and that would be your mouth. I would just savor it... kiss you like crazy, suck that sweet tongue of yours into my mouth and make love to it until my jaws ache."My mouth was going dry, and I felt my sex begin to dampen just listening to her. I closed my eyes, invisible behind my sunglasses, and leaned. "We went on like this for about a half-hour. I got her another soda - she wasn't drinking beer. I think she was pleased with how I focused on her and not the party.Her friend came over, leading a guy by the hand. He was some friend of Ed's."This place is packed," her friend said, "Can't even sit down."I saw my chance. "My neighbors upstairs said I could use their place," I said, with a straight and earnest face, "They're out for the night at a friend's house." Wow," she said, "Did he leave you. No-one is looking for us. We may never get another chance.’ She continued to stare at him. Without warning, she smiled. ‘Then – yes.’ He was caught between elation and urgency. He wanted to pounce on her, but feared that she would back out. ‘Take off your cap,’ he said. Obediently, she pulled off the monstrosity that hid her hair and half her face. Underneath, a huge mass of hair was hidden, darker in colour than he had expected. ‘Take out the pins,’ he breathed. She pulled out a few pins and.