They had planned their evening: a special dinner, then to bed. Julia was with baby-sitter. They had the freedom to immerse themselves in each other an...d make up for lost time, and lost love. He was quiet at dinner. They looked at each other, wondering whether they should go easy on him tonight. After all, he was back and would not be going away again. All the rest of his work on the new company would be here. It might take a while, but they thought they would all be able to renew and refresh. There were also cameras placed around the perimeter, but Kaylee could barely see them because they were mostly concealed by black curtains. Then a door at the other end of the room opened and a man stepped in and walked toward them. As he approached, Kaylee saw that he was wearing a button down shirt and dress pants. His clothes looked expensive. He was older –probably a bit younger than her father. It looked like he was balding and had shaved the rest of his hair. He wasn’t bad looking for an. ." Anyway," Stick took things up, "turns out both 'a us like girls, but neither of us is prejudiced too much against guys, either. Takes a special woman ta deal wit' that..." He flicked a glance at Mary. "There's some guy shit I'll do, an' there's some I won't -- an' there's some I'll ONLY do wit' Ted, 'cause he deserves it. We got an exclusive thing goin' an' each of us gets stuff outta it that ain't just sex. Ain't like anybody else gotta worry about bein' hit on." There were a couple of. I can sense the resentment.Today it was a physics (AC circuits) lab over at Auburn. Sometimes I wonder why they require this stuff, but I suppose a lot of students don’t get all the hands-on activity like we do at the Hogwarts lab. Most of the students are 5 or 6 years older than me, since it’s a Sophomore class.My lab partner was a Sophomore geek named Buddy Jeffries -- nice kid, skinny, shy, a little unsure of himself. He was kinda fumble-fingered, so I showed him how to assemble the circuit.