Kate raced to her closet to find what to wear. She hadn't been this nervous since the night of their senior prom. She wanted everything to be perfect,...but she was so shaky inside, she couldn't think straight. Hoping to calm her nerves, she turned on her stereo, then headed to the bathroom. Stripping off her clothes, she turned to examine her body in the mirror. She was proud of her body, taking very good care of it, so, even though she was in her late twenties, her breasts were still high and. I know I'm pretty and sexy, but I don't mean it like that. Remember, Buchi really was a nerd. Not a bad looking one, but still.I suggested we sit on a bench near one of the main, busy sidewalks. We held hands and talked, with a couple people stopping to say "Hi." Or maybe to get a better look at Buchi's date.I was turned toward him, and I thought, an even better way to get people to notice Buchi - and his getting a hot date - was to kiss him where people could see. So I leaned in toward him and. "You want me to work for you?" Sort of." The grin on the landlord's face seemingly grew cruel. "I'm a man of certain appetites, Mr. Burnside. My taste's run deep and varied." Ok?" Steve said looking for any sign of hope on the large man's face. "What do I have to do?" Mr. Burnside, I have an itch that I haven't scratched in quite sometime, and I'm hoping that you could scratch that itch for me." You want me to scratch your back?" A chuckle passed the landlord's lips."No." He smiled his large. "This setting shows magnetic lines of force." She changed the setting on another knob, and suddenly the image was overlaid by glowing line that traced irregular shapes across the face of the planet. At one point, Phil thought that it was close to one of the poles, a knot of stronger lines pulsed and faded. "There, that's a portal in action."The image before them grew to more than fill the portal's opening as Amy dropped it lower, centering close to where they had detected the use of a portal..