Tim cuddled her close in the, thankfully, double bed. He smiled, remembering the glee with which Mike had claimed the bed as a right of the older brot...er, leaving Tim to the single. Guess he'd lost it now.Mike was rummaging through his bag, obviously looking for something and muttering about never being able to find things when he needed them."Ha! Gotcha!" With an I-knew-this-would-come-in-handy-I'm-such-a-clever-boy look on his face, Mike approached the bed with possibly the ugliest beanie. They moved, passed me, and my transvestite sister patted me on the bum and gave me a broad smile.The crowd thinned out even further and it became possible to make out the murmur of individual voices once the music quietened. I had my back to the entrance door and was considering having a walk round the place when a hand rested lightly on my left hip. I turned in surprise and saw an equally surprised face looking back at me."Sorry! I thought you were a friend of mine" The girl was about my. “I just came by to, uh; see if you needed my help with anything," she said. "No, I am just looking at tomorrow's lesson plans. Then I was going to head home." "I see," she said, walking past the pillory and eyeing it as she did. She was fascinated with the device, but didn't know why it attracted her. "Was there anything else, Miss Bell?" he said, watching her closely. I, um, well..." she said, unable to tear her attention away from the cloth covered pillory. Professor Diederich got up from. “Ok so, I’m really nervous about this but here it goes.” He said while he looked in my eyes.“I love your mom.” He said nervously. “I know you do, and I know that she loves you.” I said with a smile. “That’s good, but you know that I love you too, you and your mom have become the most important people in my life and I can’t imagine my life without either of you, so, I wanted to ask you personally for your permission to marry your mom, and ask you if you will be my step daughter officially?” He.