My stomach tightened. The swarm came at me from every direction. My tail swished. I had to go somewhere. I didn’t want to get devoured but—Purple ...prang around me.A dome of mystical energy manifested a heartbeat before the insects engulfed my body. The bugs slammed into the shield. A great, angry buzz rumbled around me. It rattled my bones. I shuddered, goosebumps raising across my skin as I watched the insects crawling across the energy barrier. They pressed in on it. The dome rippled and. " If I remember correctly you asked me out." You told me to!" You didn't want to ask me out?" Of course I did." Then what's the problem?"Danny threw up his hands, his mouth moving but no words coming out until, "Stop twisting my words. My guts are already tied up in knots. I feel like I've been here before and the rug is about to be pulled out from under me again. So, just be straight with me. Is this a real boyfriend/girlfriend date type date or just a two friends date. Or do you still want me. “N-Noah? Are you … facing that lion statue?”“What? Yeah. It’s right in front of me. It’s staring right at me… Kind of creepy.”Jacob looked ahead of him, right into the blank, rubbery eyes of the lion statue before him while Noah did the same. In the shine of those lenses, they both strained and eventually saw their reflections. Neither of them saw themselves. Instead they each saw another black rubber lion statue. No wonder they couldn’t move. Both were fixed in the same positions on a pedestal. I chuckled a little and smiled at him. "I am a masseuse, you know. Quite frankly you are actually wearing what I would call work clothes," I said as I smiled and nodded. I honestly was getting some good eye candy for once and didn't really want him to get dressed. He was built well and evenly tanned like a summer nudist. He had thick calves and big feet and it was all I could do to keep from undressing him further in my mind. His chest was broad but not bulky like a weightlifter, just nicely.