And yet he still looks gorgeous, thought Ryn wryly. Deryck reached up and rumpled his already messy hair saying, ‘Not all of us can look as beautif...l as you do so easily, you know?’ He flashed her the crooked grin that had already started her breathing to shorten. He looked her over slowly, making sure she deliberately knew what he was doing. She looks awfully nice, he thought. Ryn was dressed simply in a pair of old jeans and a three quarter length emerald colored T-shirt that he noticed. The idea of my being on steroids made me laugh. "Juice me up, Doc, so I can hit the ball so hard it'll roll all the way to the warning track."I passed everything, of course. I was nothing if not a demon for physical fitness. When you're smaller and lighter than everybody else, and still looking for your first home run since seventh grade, you do your best to stay strong and healthy. I'd worked out all through the off season -- not so much to gain strength as to ensure that I maintained my foot. “Cherie I am taking you to the hotel, you will like it. When we get there you will ask for refreshments and perhaps wish to take a shower yes?” replied Madeline“Yes, will you be coming inside the hotel to inspect it?”“Ha certainly there will be some inspection, I would not wish to be disappointed later,” Madeline said, as she raced across a roundabout without slowing down.Praying there would be a later, I replied, “Madeline you are being very secretive about the plans for the weekend”Stroking. ..For the next two days I was checking my email every chance I got...Nothing.Day three, late at night my phone rang, and yes, it was Angie.We spoke for about an hour and she was to visit me the next evening, as to my surprise she lived only about a mile away.Tuesday night could not have come soon enough. When I saw her again my heart has skipped a beat and there must have been some changes in blood distribution to my body. My brain was definitely starved, because all the fluids were diverted to.