. I'll take care of it. I'll talk to her." You sure?" Yeah." Okay. See you when I get home." Buffy kissed Faith then left.Faith took a long shower, ps...ching herself up for the talk with Dawn, and running the whole house out of hot water.She got out and wrapped a towel around herself, then stepped out of the bathroom."Hey, Faith." Faith jumped as she heard Dawn speak behind her. She turned towards the teenager."Whoa, Dawn!" Sorry. Didn't mean to scare you." Were you waiting outside the bathroom. Plus, I have you tied down, so I think you're stuck enjoying it. Let go, experience all of it. This is my gift to you. Your ultimate pleasure."They stared intently at each other, each searching the other's eyes. Adam wanted to smile because he could see as her reluctance slowly dissolved. Her will was weakened and he knew he had won. "Okay," she said, the hesitation clear in her voice. "I know I said 'anything'. If we can just go slow, I-I'll try it."At her approval, the stranger seemed to. It was something else to weld a drive sprocket that would be under great stress continually. I took a Utube welding course. Since it was just all the video instructions on Utube, it wasn’t recognized by anyone. Well so much for my welding certification. To be honest I was more worried about doing the job right than any piece of paper. Hell I didn’t have room on my walls for a certificate anyway.“Alice, I need for you to do me a favor,” I said into the cell phone the morning after I declared. Or three ... I got as far as sleeping with one of them, which lasted several months. It was enjoyable and I think satisfactory for both of us, but we decided 'enjoyable' wasn't enough and parted company amicably enough. She met someone and is happily married now; I got an invite to the wedding. It was good to see her happy.But that was over. I never got Barbie out of my head, though, and thought about her more when I hadn't got the distraction of my 'friend with benefits'. Winter came round. I.