"I'm not hiding any more." There was grit in her words - steel. Overthe last few months I'd heard her voice broken by sobs, rage, weepingso it was go...od to hear something of the old Lexia's determinationcoming back."Let's do it then. Right now, okay?"She nodded. Her ponytail bounced; she'd tied with a red ribbon high onthe back of her head. I'd always thought she'd kept her hair long as anaffectation, but seeing the deft way she could conjure up a wonderfullysymmetrical plait showed how long. I paused my sucking to say “Lauryn...”She stopped to reply “Yes Kara?”I paused for a moment then said “...I’d really love you to fuck me now!” there, I’d finally said it. I moved position to face her. “Would you like to fuck me, darling?”She sat herself up a little and said “I would love to fuck you, Kara! I have always wanted to fuck another ‘girl’...no, I have wanted to fuck you when I knew we clicked together months ago!” she emphasized.“Oh my!” I gasped. “There’s condoms and lube. She radioed for a cab ... and worried.The taxi ride was very fast. The taxi driver had delivered before and really- really- really, didn't want to do it again.The Royal Darwin Hospital has approximately 363 beds and more than 1700 staff and provides a broad range of services in all speciality areas to the Darwin urban population as well as serving as a referral centre to the Top End of the Northern Territory, Western Australia and South-East Asia. The Top End population serviced by the hospital. She'd only been out of the alley twice since that night. Twice in the last month. That night it all changed. That night a month ago, when he came. He came and took her. She was walking, it was late. He grabbed her. She tried to resist but he was strong. Too strong. Inhumanly strong. It wasn't only his strength that amazed her. His body moved fluidly. His actions were precise. He seemed able to react to her movements before she made them. He hardly seemed human.He was cold also. She'd never felt.