Mom got me an abortion. I had to have another one when I was seventeen. By this time I was enjoying sex, but I was pretty selective. I had to be in lo...ve. Would you believe that?"I couldn't come to grips with what I was hearing. This woman was describing her life as calmly as if she were a school teacher telling about her students."The last abortion did me in. No children for me ever. That's what the doctor told me. I decided I had something to sell, but I was damned if I was going to sell it. Maybe you should rethink the fantasy characters for the performance and for the kids." I know," she replied. "They're my favorites, but you're right." You make an enchanting elf, and covering your breasts and crotch it would make a charming creature." Two elves maybe? Maybe an elf and a gnome." What do they represent? I mean, are they children or childish like the characters or are they omnipotent, guiding the goings on?" They're representatives, like parallel figures set in the world of a. ..” I trailed off.“You sly dog,” roared James and slapped me on the arm.“Wow Tim, I’m impressed,” said Sarah, then to James: “See, some men know how to please their partners properly!”“Tim’s going to get us in trouble,” joked Ben to James who nodded vigorously in agreement.“Sounds like you boys are going to have to up your game significantly,” said Nicki abruptly. “Somehow I don’t think anyone is going to top that tonight, so I think we ought to declare Tim the winner.”“I think his girlfriend. She thought it was something out of a b-rate movie, but nonetheless funny. Horrible, but amusing. Mel leaned back in his chair with his cup of coffee, ‘Yeah, I figured as much,’ he sipped, then put down his mug. He rubbed his face, ‘Took you long enough,’ he muttered. I’m not entirely sure if I was supposed to hear that last part or not. ** We ended up hanging around Katie’s house the whole day, playing complicated board games that the three of us very much enjoyed, even if nobody else we knew.