”Sean pointed to a bucket of roses and said, “Roses are red, but you’ve got white and yellow ones there. Why can’t yellow flowers be blue?”�...�It’s complicated,” the flower woman said.“I’ll take a bunch of those daisies,” Sean said while pointing at the bucket.An hour later, Sean was at his computer starting on his current project — an apology poem. He grinned at the screen while he said, “Watch what happens when the apologetic power of flowers combines with the seductive powers of poetry.”Lily. " I could feel a growing arousal in me. Deborah's hot body enticed me and I wanted her."Oh, Mandy? Actually, she went out. She didn't tell me where she was going but I think she’ll be coming back shortly." I didn't want to alarm Deborah and tell her that Mandy had gone and wouldn't be coming back. " Then, in that case, I'll wait," she replied."Fine, I'm going to my room. You can go ahead and wait for her in her room," I said as I led the way. At Mandy's room, I opened the door and Deborah went. .. didn’t get whatever he could ... had this vaguely important aura about it that, while I didn’t fully understand it, I knew was really important.“Okay,” I said. “But you will do it again someday ... right?”“Yes,” he said. “When I think you’re ready.”“Okay.”The next day I was listening to my walkman when I heard Shannon scream so loud I could hear it even over Joan Jett, singing I love Rock and Roll. It sounded like it was coming from the pool. I jumped up and looked out the window. She was. ”“Or, you’ll be home just in time for the next sleep cycle,” Heather countered, her eyes glinting. “But you can always stay in a hotel somewhere, if you have to, and start school on Tuesday. Doesn’t matter too much. What’s another day, when you’ve missed so many already?” she teased.“Okay,” Lara murmured, her tone drooping a bit. “I mean, I knew we weren’t going to be here forever, but ... I guess it’s time.”“It’s time,” Heather murmured in agreement.I glanced again at our bags, feeling.