"You're in a very dangerous position, blocking my exit." It was a woman's voice, low soprano with the vowels a little drawn out, coming from the middl... of the group. It was obviously Anasia and she was just as obviously unaware of who we were. It was a small and fleeting advantage but one I wouldn't waste.Taking a couple of steps back, I motioned to Andras, handing my mate back over to him along with the belt holding my daggers and Talon's leather jacket. "Guard him well, Vampire," I whispered. " She grinned. "I was a Christmas present."He looked puzzled."Just do the math.", she suggested.He thought for a moment, and figured it out. "Oh!" He laughed, and then frowned. "Wait, that means ... March seventh ... April, May, June ... Oh god, I think I was an anniversary present." He scowled for a second.Marie giggled. "Not used to thinking about your mom and dad doing it?"He shook his head. "No. That's like ... weird. I don't see them being being that ... physically affectionate with each. ." She wrapped her arms around my neck and forced me into another, longer kiss. "Still gets to me, though." Another kiss, and then a giggle. "D'ya know any kind of GOOD way to relieve stress?"We didn't get out of the house THAT evening.Other evenings? Jason's apartment, graciously attended by Jason and a very giggly-looking Susan, and that's the first time I actually saw the two kiss. It was just a little longer than a friendly peck, but from the way that Tina glanced at me, I knew she was. In those days, not so many English or Americans were as touchy-feely as they are today.He led us into a living room that was large enough to host one of our gigs and introduced us to his wife, Alexandra, who was sitting at the console of what at the time was a very high-spec beige PC. Simon Kurrein and his wife were both academic sophisticates whose clothes seemed almost casual at first glance, but with closer scrutiny could only be very expensive. I wondered how it was that university teachers.