She was laughing to the point where tears were forming in her eyes."Norman Tyler, I never knew you had it in you," she said when she finally got contr...l of herself."Neither did I, to be honest. I guess it was pretty funny when you think about it."She gave me that curious look again."What other little secrets do you have that I don't know about yet?" Lots, I suppose. You'll just have to wait as they reveal themselves, one by one." I saw you turn a bit red and look angry for a moment not long. She felt as if this person had managed to take all of the exuberance of Van Gogh and Cezanne and distill it to abstract representations. There was a bench in front of a painting that seemed as inspired by night as the one in the window had been by day. There were shades of pink, mauve and periwinkle of dusk and the indigo of night with glowing shades of white and cream like the moon and stars. Stacey felt overwhelmed by all of these works and how they touched her. She sat down on the bench and. Samantha couldn't believe how fast she'd been swept off her feet and fallen head over heels in love. She'd dreamed about love at first sight but never actually believed in it, until now. Now, Samantha believed because the first time she had seen Her she'd felt an instant attraction. An attraction so powerful it could not be denied. Now Samantha couldn't bear to be apart from Her and longed for work to end so she could go to her love.They'd met at a party. Samantha wasn't really into parties but. Kyle had been drunk, she reasoned, he wasn't thinking rationally, his inhibitions suppressed by the alcohol. Perhaps in the light of day, he too would understand how very wrong last night had been. Perhaps she could give him the help he needed to quit drinking or at least find him help.She knocked on his door and when there was no answer, opened it to find the room unoccupied. Checking downstairs, the house too was empty. A momentary fear that he had left her ran through her mind, but she.