She then asked if anyone wanted to volunteer to be a model for the class to draw. She hadn't anticipated that anyone would actually take the offer. Th...se were, after all, high school students with emotional problems relating directly to their appearance. But quiet little Tamara Jenkins raised her hand high. Mrs. Avery asked her, in a surprised tone of voice, to come to the front of the class and pose. She instructed the other students to get out pencil and paper and spend the last twenty. Following Denise out the door she waslooking forward to explore and find out what this new strange era waslike.As they left Chris smiled just a bit as he held his cheek, two kissesfrom two beautiful women."I'll take what I can get" sighed Chris "It's not like I got a chanceor anything"~0~Sitting down at his computer, he started to write a new chapter beforedoubled over in pain. It felt like getting stabbed from the inside out.Soon the episode passed and he shook it off. He was glad that it. “Now promise you won’t tell anyone,” Rita said in a conspiratorial tone, “but she says she’s going to invite him over to her house and then play strip poker with him”.Rina and I both laughed loudly. “Big talk!” I said, “And you believed her?” “No way!” exclaimed Rina, “She wouldn’t have the nerve to even ask him over much less play strip poker!” More laughter! Suddenly Rita turned to me and slyly asked, “Have you ever played?” “Rita!” Rina was clearly surprised by this bold question.”No, no,. Truth to be told, it was more embarrassment than irritation."It's just a story that has been floating around my dreams for a few years," I explained, settling down onto the bench beside him. "I thought it was time I tried to tell it."Alon clapped me on the back then went back to reading my scroll. The silence of the garden wasn't even broken by the scurrying of squirrels and the light breeze had died away, leaving the leaves still and quiet. Yet somehow at the edge of my perception, all was not.