. Oregon possesses a good sized piece of Yellowstone caldera ... not house sized but damn big ... six hundred twenty-one miles.That was all in aid of ...othing in particular.Davis suggested that the geologist take a busman’s holiday and visit me. Davis called after the fella was on the way.“Hello Karen.”“Doctor Davis ... you want something.”“I am shocked and hurt that you would even consider that I would consider such an action.”“Can it, Doc ... what’s up?”“A geologist is about to call. Put him. When they came in after a night out, you might notice a girl taking her clothes off to get ready for bed, and you could see she was not wearing any knickers. Or sometimes, after she hung up her coat in her locker, she would reach into the pocket and take out her knickers and put them with other items to be laundered. It was not really talked about, as that would have been too personal. Still, that was the reality at the time. Ray asked me out again during the week, then again on the Friday. We, your Dad and I, insisted that Janet getall of the clothes you needed. That was our credit card she used. Come home.Just as you are. Be our daughter... or a son. We don't care."I sat there unable to find any words to express how I felt right then. Dadhad been adamant that I change my ways, be more like him I guess, and whileI had changed, I found out that I liked being more like Mom, and neither ofthem seemed to care! For my dad, that was a major shift in his outlook onlife, especially. She smelled like the sun rising over grass-covered hills.I clung tightly to Pearl. I had a feeling that Dan wasn’t going to accept that my actions meant no.I felt the bed shift as Dan slid himself closer to me. The covers got tugged out of my hands and lowered. Dan’s big hands gripped my shoulders and pulled. I was hanging onto Pearl so tightly that both of us immediately started lifting away from the pillows. As soon as Dan realized what was happening he stopped pulling. One of his hands.