I remember falling asleep very quickly and waking up the next morning in disbelief of what had happened. I was hooked.My biggest concern was my relati...nship with my mom. We were so close, and I was afraid that things would be weird between us. It turned out to be fine. My mother was never the overtly affectionate type, so that helped. As I successfully dealt with my guilt, I started indulging in the fantasy more and more. And, so the fantasy evolved. I began having clearer images of my mom. Once in Harlan’s lair Freya began to wonder about specially designed exercise equipment. It bore a vague resemblance to the equipment upstairs in the gym minus chrome plating but, with added straps and pads. “This isn’t like any of the equipment I have used,” Freya’s heart rate quickened. “Oh, it isn’t,” Harlan’s toothy grin appeared half sinister, “I engineered it myself for special workouts. It is designed to stretch one physically and mentally.” “Mentally stretch, what does that mean?” . I still find women really attractive and I don't thinkthat is going to go away." Have you acted on those feelings yet? Asked anyone out?" Ha! No. I have turned down about 400 offers so far just this semesterhowever."Again, the doctor gave her a quizzical look. Saoirse needed to explainhow busy she was."Look, I knew at the start of the year I was going to push through andfinish my two degrees by December. I couldn't hang out with my oldfriends for obvious reasons and meeting new ones at this. We enjoyed ourselves immensely on our first date. Anything Shelby wanted Shelby got. I was so proud to be seen with this perfect goddess that I was walking on clouds the whole time. All I can really remember about that first date was her taking my arm and walking beside me into the restaurant and the theater. And how everyone's eyes went wide when they saw my date.I wasn't thinking too far ahead on that first date because I didn't really expect our relationship to last. I didn't really hope.