If you did not command me to act like a single womanto become a man again this would not had happen so do not try to sayyou are not at fault" I do not...govern the actions of others and I was joking with you aboutacting like a woman.." But you do, you made me have a crush on him. Who knows, you could haddone the same with him" I did not cast a spell on Rick, I would never cast a spell to controlanother person's feelings."Hermie trying to defend the indefensible sounded like she thought Sammyto be. TJ, that's twenty thousand tonnes." We think twenty two point six making some allowance for the boxes containing cross members; say somewhere between twenty to twenty five." TJ? No you aren't kidding me. You two don't have a sense of humour. How much did you tell me had been dug out of Old Earth?" Last known deposits were worked out just before the mutie wars in the twenty fifth century and the total was a tad over two hundred thousand tonnes." I'll just have to let Sir Peter know; got his. Hesitant, I met the warm probe of his tongue. He was gentle, soothing, an exploration designed to begin slowly, building to more than I could imagine at the moment. I was held in a comforting bubble of sensation, floated over the edges of anxiety and self-doubt. Gentle hands caressed my ribs, bunching the cotton of my shirt until I wanted to rip it off and toss it on the floor. What was his disappointment to me? He was beautiful. His frustration would be short-lived, for he could find another. At the other end of the one-way street was the heart of 'the village', a street lined on both sides with stores and boutiques, some straight, run of the mill, like a grocery store and a body shop, others, high end 'fashion' boutiques.The day-care center, itself, was a low, single floor 'ranch-style' building, painted a 'New England' greyish blue. The main door was located in the center of the long side, leading to a central hall. To one side, there was a large room with small tables, cupboards.