"I know you have power, and can kill me as easily as look at me. If I have offended you so badly, kill me now and get it over with. As you have remind...ed me, my life is in your hands, and has been ever since you pulled me out of that storm."Shaking with anger, fear, and loneliness, he turned back to the stove. Very carefully he flipped over the egg. Polina stayed silent, waiting for him to continue.When he spoke again, it was softer. "Listen to me, Polina," he said without turning. "You can't. I'm a wizard," he said. Rick laughed, but the laughter died as the wizard grabbed an invitation from the box Lisa was holding.To Rick it looked as if the wizard had plucked it out of thin air. The wizard handed him the invitation, and Rick read it."An invitation? To the sorority party? How will this help?" he said. Then suddenly the transformation began.His jet black hair lengthened, became slightly lighter, and silky smooth; at the same time his skin became much darker. He was now clearly. ” She looked up at me and smiled. “I am tense. I need a massage,” she joked. “ Turn around,” I told her. When she looked at me quizzically I said “Just turn around, Mom.” I slipped her suit jacket off and started rubbing her shoulders. Her head fell forward and she sighed contendedly. “Ohhhhhh Josh where did you learn to do that, that feels heavenly,” she said. “ What can I say, I have magic hands,” I said teasingly. “ Mmmmmm, you certainly do, honey,” my mom breathed. I kept kneading her. Don’t worry I am not going to paint your face. When the teacher asked about our relationship status, I couldn’t say that I am single due to peer pressure.”“Now all are allotted this project to paint nudes of their boyfriend or girlfriend. This is to be completed in a week.” She was shocked when I asked her for becoming my nude model.But after a while, my best friend gave it a thought. She said, “If the face isn’t to be painted then I am completely okay with it. I can understand your problem, my.