… <,<,<, I never quite understood where my ability came from, nor why I had it. I just knew that it was special, perhaps unique. After going t...rough puberty I discovered that I could form a mind connection with girls. Just girls, it didn’t work with guys. At first I used this ‘ability’ to sense things about other girls, such as what they thought of me and if they were attracted to me. It didn’t work with any girl however, just certain girls, which puzzled me at first. Being a. Lei was fast asleep. She had woken several times through the winter. More times than she usually did in a winter-cocoon. Warmth had stirred her. But, from somewhere deep inside, a soothing voice had whispered to her. ‘Not yet,’ it had said. Every time Lei had gone back to sleep, waiting for the voice and its message to change. Lei was a stone at the bottom of a river. She was a an arrow resting in a quiver. She was a bud waiting for spring. But most of all she just slept, waiting for that. “I'm glad you decided to come over,” he says.“Listen,” I tell him. “Britt doesn't know. So that's it. We're moving forward in our relationship. I don't know what came over me today.”“You're adorable,” he says. “Now take your clothes off.”“What?”“You already took your shoes off as soon as you came in. And earlier, you did exactly what I said. You may not be able to put words to it, but you know it was what you were supposed to do. And you admitted that you came over to give me your body. Didn't. He had an inclination to look upward, almost as if to curse whatever deity felt compelled to fuck with him so mercilessly. “How are you?” “How are you, Alex? I read about…uhhh...well, you know…in the paper. I wanted to call you. I really, really wanted to call you, but I figured it would be so, well…out of place. Probably unwelcome, I figured…” She caught his eye, held it, then looked away out of guilt. “Oh, yeah…um…Well, it’s been a couple of years, so I’m kind of to that point where you just.