I woke up naked on my belly in pitch black. I could hear the sound of the van speeding along the freeway and felt the slight sway and bump as the van ...drove along. I could hear country music playing. My hands were cuffed behind my back and my legs were folded at the knee, my feet attached to the hand cuffs. I realized the darkness was caused by something wrapped tightly around my head blocking my eyes. There was something in my mouth. It felt like rubber and it seemed to be strapped to my face. His strength surprised the young couple. Ed said, “Hello.”“Hello,” answered the young man as the woman climbed out of the canoe. She was followed by the man. They shifted uneasily, not knowing what to say. They had been expecting a person their age and were hoping to party. Finally, the man said, “We heard there was a college student up here and thought we’d come by to hang out with him.”“You heard correctly, and I know that he would enjoy the company,” said Ed as he smiled at the pair.The. Buffy was in her element. She had trained with a sword of course and took no time at all to regain her comfort level with one. She acknowledged that Nina had been right, bare hands were not the best thing to use to handle demons. Even Mister Pointy would be relatively useless although it was her favorite weapon.Steel clashed against horns and claws. Buffy was pleased at how agile Nina was, dodging one way to avoid a blow that would have removed her head and then back the other to duck a swipe. I promised my mom that I'd clean up my room, and I need to get some stuff taken care of in the back yard too. How about we make it eleven thirty, so I can do everything and then have some time to get cleaned up before I come over?"Mike was thinking that he definitely needed to rub one out before going over to Jennie's. The last thing he wanted, was to have either of Jennie's parents answering the front doorbell to find him standing there with a full on boner in his jeans."That's a good time for.