The very first thing to do, though, was to get rid of the unsightly and insanitary thatch of black curls on her belly.Bukhari had determined that if p...ossible he would keep the female he had renamed Sadia, whose traditional Arab beauty he found extremely attractive. That she was not a virgin did not worry him, nor the fact that she was not, as tradition demanded, much younger than himself. When he indicated that she was to belong to him she gave a little squeal of delight and ran across to him. I mean, I think we're great together, too," I told her. "I just didn't want to be, y'know, pushy. Presumptuous." You're not." OK. OK, that's... that's... nice. I mean, great. I mean, oh, Hell, Emily! I just... I'm a little surprised, is all." Why? Why are you surprised? I haven't been playing coy, or cold, or... or... stand-offish... Have I?" No. You... haven't been any of those things. But you're way out of my league, Emily. I feel -- outclassed." You're not." Are you kidding me? I can barely. "Ellie again sub-vocalized to her mother, "OK, I take it that they were monitoring your announcement. Do you and Tonto have a suggestion of how I should respond."Tonto said, "Ellie, we've already made them wait too long. May I use your voice to respond?" Sure, big guy. Go for it." Captain Tufts," Tonto responded in Ellie's youthful voice. "I'm sorry that I made you and our hosts wait so long. I was in a conversation with my Senior Humanology Mentor, Grandpa Dan, and propriety required that I. She seemed to have a lot to say. She filled several pages. Most of it about Chrissy and what a great friend she is turning out to be.Saturday rolled around again, and Rachel was excited to see Chrissy. She was up early and bounced out of bed. She threw on some clothes, grabbed her notebook and ran up the stairs to her apartment. Chrissy answered the door kind of groggily, dressed in her night clothes still. Rachel apologized for waking her up. She also couldn’t help but notice what she was.