"Tell me about your home, My Lord," she asked after I shared some water and a hard biscuit."My home is something that I haven't seen in a few years, M... Lady. I was almost finished with my studies when I came to this world. Until a few weeks ago, I was living in a crowded city getting ready to present my thesis." You had to give a dissertation for your swordsmanship?" she sounded confused."No, My Lady, I went to school for something completely different. I studied metallurgy; I was interested in. She opens herpurse, pulls out an iPhone, and starts tapping the screen. At first, Ithought she was making a call, but she would tap for a while, wait, andthen tap some more."You playing some kind of game on that?" I asked."Scrabble." She never even looked up.I had heard of Scrabble--like checkers or something but with words--butI'd never played it. I mean who would? It was one of those old-peopleboard games they put on computers for who knew what reason. I liked Preyand Rising Storm 2, not that. After a few minutes, the door bell rings. I smile and just say “pizza” !Returning to the patio with, uh-oh, Kelso and Patroni, Tommy's face changes to one of panic. We all just exchange pleasantries, and get right down into destroying the two boxes of pizza. It probably only took 10 minutes or so before it was all gone. With just slight chit-chat, we continue sucking on our beers, and then I jump to the kitchen again for some fresh ones for all of us.Patroni finally speaks up first, “So. Darius turned to me. "You never talk about sex with me." I gave him a look. "Darius, you're my step dad, I think that'd be a little inappropriate." "I'm not that much older than you and we're more friends than dad and daughter. You know that." "I suppose," I said. "So who was your first?" he grinned. I laughed, "It was Jason. It didn't last very long but that was ok, it kinda hurt. The only other guy I slept with was my friend Mike, that was a lot better." "I haven't been with.