"Shee-it, Charlie, lookit that! Dumb hippies don't remember they gotrid of animal testing about 14 years ago. What a waste of skin!" Hey, it's not all...bad," observed Charlie. "Those dudes there make$1,500 a week protesting causes?no matter what. And you had to ask meonce what that 'Cause Tax' was for on your paycheque!" Damn. I can't fucking buy a break," Smoot complained. "And they gettheirs dished out like rutabaga surprise." For what those dudes make," added Charlie, "they ain't no rutabagas. They went crazy and were all hooting and hollering. Karen, not to be outdone, grabbed her top and pulled it up over her head. Cindy said that Karen came over to her and they began to bump and grind like a couple of strippers. She said that Karen stood behind her and reached around and grabbed her boobs. The guys were going crazy but she said at that moment, she began to look at Karen differently. She turned and faced her and without thinking, she leaned in and kissed her. The guys loved it and. After shutting down the PC, we went to her living room. She had arranged the dinner and drinks on her coffee-table as she did not have a dining table. She had prepared some pasta and some chicken salad. We sat down on her couch sipping beers and eating and started chatting generally. I did not know much about her and likewise she also did not many things about me. We never got a chance. At our work we always stuck to our jobs. Even in office parties, which she rarely attended, we never got. W.)Author's Note: This was originally posted on my website for Halloween.While not exactly new it's almost a complete rewrite of Devil's Duewhich was originally a Mixed Tape entry, and is more than double thelength of the original. I'm finally going to bring this story into theofficial cannon for my open universe Tales from Meridian the rules ofwhich can be found by visit the open universes page on my website. Theoriginal can still be found on this and other sites, but it will foreverremain a.