" How well you know her?" A little. She's a little shy, but we've talked some. She has an unusual sense of humor." Not unlike a certain floormate of m...ne. You got a thing for her, don't you?" Yeah. You know that, despite my bluster, I'm shy around girls. I'm as much of a virgin as she is, I've told you that. I've been trying to get the gumption up to ask her out for a month." And here I am, being offered a night with her, easy as you please. You must hate me right about now."Papa Bear looked. "What the..." In the bowl were miniature naked people. Nancy recognized miniature versions of everyone at the party: Ted, Alice, Mindy, Bob, Ronnie, and Carol. "Yes," Katie laughed. "Everyone's there." "I'm not sure..." Nancy stammered. "Go on. Try one of us!" said Katie. "Dan and I are even in there." Mindy had walked over to say "Hi! May I?" "Help yourself!" said Katie as Mindy reached in and picked a miniature Dan out of the bowl, dipped him face down in the onion. Slowly his lashes lifted to focus on her. Her eyes were open now, her gentle yearning for him undisguised. Something swelled within him then, an inspiration, powerful and unrelenting.He lay back onto the carpet, stopping her as she made to join him there. Instead he clasped her hips and moved her to stand astride him. He could sense her puzzlement as she stood all alone, wondering what he wanted her to do. Slowly his hands guided her forward until she was standing over him. She realised then. Or thought I did even if I didn’t want to believe it, Michael.”“Did you tell your mother about what you’d seen?”She shrugged.“No. I’m not sure why. Maybe I thought she knew about this somehow and wouldn’t be happy to find out I’d seen the picture. Maybe she’d be more loyal to my father and wouldn’t care. Or more loyal to him than to me.”“Do you think she knows?”“I don’t know, Michael. Yes. No. Probably. If she does I guess it doesn’t bother her enough to do or say something about it.”“Did your.