"Their leader came forward and spoke: "I am Ruleus Generus, the Quaestor of Tarraco. I deeply thank you for saving our town and defeating the enemies ...of Rome. You are our heroes. Please come to Tarraco as our guests and take part in our festival in honour of great Mars, who gave us victory today. You are all welcome to stay as long as you wish. The town really isn't as dull as you might think." Quaestor smiles and winks to me as he finishes his speech.Of course, we join him. Hails, fanfares,. "I smiled back and told him, "I would love to work for you Sir. I'm curious about Angel, will she be training me?"He told me, "Oh yes, but only for the rest of today. After that you should know enough to be on equal terms with Angel but for this afternoon you will pay strict attention to what she tells you. You will only work here on occasion and I will also be taking you over to my shoe store to meet Keith and I will have you working over there on occasion too but training for that will be for. "Last night was, well, it was overwhelming. It was amazing. But, Rory, you're my best friend. I don't know how to fit this in. And, I'm afraid." You're afraid?" said Rory incredulously. This was Paris. She was sometimes bitter, often bitchy and generally right about everything in the world. But afraid? "Afraid of what?" I'm afraid that I'm gay," Paris said, so quietly that Rory could barely hear her. The blonde looked at her friend. "Don't you understand? However it started we made love last. Smile, yes, but I had not laughed, and his notice of this fact took me by complete surprise. I found myself blushing, and I stiffened slightly, excusing myself to go to the restroom. • • • John murmured softly into my ear, and I just caught the words “beautiful” and “darling” over the music. He had barely spoken all evening, seemingly satisfied with staying no farther than a few inches from me, almost constantly maintaining physical contact between us with a hand on my waist or shoulder. Sarah.