I guess Rebecca'll be supportive; she's beengreat all week. I hope she'll be proud to see what a lovely woman Imake. Or will seeing me as a lovely wo...an threaten her or make herthink less of me as a husband, even though she had a big hand in gettingme to this point. Aack!**And Phil?* He'll think to himself, *What a little sissy. He didn'teven have the guts to turn down my little offer of a date. What apansy.**And that's what I'd be,* I thought dejectedly, *a pathetic littlepansy. At the. They approached it carefully, alert for any danger. Anji heard nothing from behind it, and it opened easily when she pulled on its handle. The lights from their lanterns failed to reveal the extent of the room beyond, but Baysil got the feeling that it was very large. His thoughts were interrupted by the beating of heavy wings. Gross bodied creatures with dangling snouts swarmed around the lights, diving at them on leathery wings from the shadowy rafters."Stirges!" Bartan warned, loosing an. At least none of us were screamers.Robin and I got back to the mall pretty quick. We were sitting in the food court, our bags next to us, and sipping concoctions from "Orange Julius" when I saw one of the CPS people. I'm not sure she was on duty. She saw us, but what could she tell? Two teenage girls who'd obviously been shopping at the mall. She couldn't know that fifteen minutes before we'd both been naked and cleaning up after sex with half-a-dozen boys (Rick was present, and I didn't do it. “yea Jeff?” she opened her eyes.As I closed my eyes, I can feel my self moving close to her. Suddenly, a voice broke my thought as I felt ontl the hard forest floor.“Alright time for bed you two, we have a big day ahead of us,” my mom’s sharp voice broke the silence. “Jeff, you and your dad is going to be sleeping in the room closer to the kitchen while me and your sister sleep in the other room,” she said. I can feel the glow of my face slowly beginning to drain; I was hoping me and yumi would.