"It was money well spent." I commented. "You'll be fighting men off with a stick." I doubt that." She laughed. "but thank you for the compliment. Do y...ou really like it?" she asked."Too right I do." Well then it was indeed money well spent." Smiling, she kissed me on the cheek before walking past me into the kitchen.I ran back up to me bedroom. Yes the style in the picture was the same style on my mother. Was it coincidence? Twice? I wondered what changes I could do to see if something special. There was a fire crackling in a large, outdoor fire pit I hadn't noticed until now. It kept us warm enough that all of the doors between the deck and the house were open for the party.Thankfully, none of the other wolves had arrived yet so I had some time to pull myself together. After pouring each of us a glass of wine, Evan headed inside to take care of last minute details. Noelle looked at me over her wineglass with amusement dancing in her eyes."I can't say I'm not surprised, but how long. This was all part of the science that the graduate students did regularly to get their degrees. They gradually built up this general picture of what these ancient people ate and how they ate it." I paused again and waited for her to nod me on."Then after years of serious debate and a lot of contentious theorizing a couple of 'schools' of thought came to be the most accepted. They did this so that they could try and answer some serious questions that might impact us today. Did man kill of the. And ... you said you love me too, Dave." I do, Ronni," I said."D'ya mean it?" Her face was mere inches from mine, her brown eyes soft, that slightly crooked nose, those wet lips."Yes, I mean it, Ronni." Ya know, Dave, I go to school and I know a lot about kids my age. I don't think I'm like that." I don't think you're like that, babe," I admitted."Darned straight, Dave. For one thing, I'm still a virgin. Another thing. I haven't thought I've been in love sixteen times like most girls my age..