"I had a very satisfying day!" she answered with a laugh. It was like she had some inside joke that only she knew about."That's good." I took a deep b...eath. You can do this, Kevin. "Would you ... I mean ... umm ... Would you like to ... you know ... um ... get some ... eh ... coffee?" I finally stammered out.Jessie blinked at me. "Are you trying to ask me out? For coffee?"I nodded, not trusting myself to speak anymore.She eyed me, a considering smile on her face. "Sure, I think that would be. " She walked away to make the concoctions."And none of that watered down shit," Jackie called after her. "We wantthe full potent stuff." How far did you babes get into your book?" Allie asked."We're still doing our research. That'll take another year or less thenwe've got to compare notes. I'll write a rough draft. Ellen here, if shecan keep her hands to herself, will correct all the misspellings andgrammatical errors. Then I'll write the final part for publishing." Hell, does that take so. "Ellie. I like that. Ellie Jones." Welcome to my crazy world, Ellie Jones," Sarah murmured to the wriggling infant. With her big brown eyes meeting Sarah's violet eyes, Ellie seemed to shrug, probably some sort of stretch of little muscles. "Did you see that?" Sarah chuckled.Melissa giggled. "Yep. She's one of us already."A sort of civic dispensation allowed Sarah to give birth on the table in which Melissa worked on spines. Because of this an obstetrician and a nurse had to be present. That. Luckily, my parents were out of town, since they'd have never allowed me to leave the house in it. To compliment the costume, I put on my favorite lush red lipstick, black eyeliner, and some red horns which went well with my long black hair. The red eye mask that came with the costume meant that nobody would recognize me anyway. The small silk cape gave me some modesty, but there wasn't much to be left to the imagination. If this outfit didn't get Jay to notice me, nothing would.We arrived at.