The flirting became more overt. They were no longer furtive when undressing me with their eyes. Bill asked the men to go to a bar with him after work.... I was not invited to come along, but I knew what they would be talking about.The next day the statuette appeared on Bill's desk. I felt embarrassed looking at it. Everyone knew what it meant.I also felt guilty about Bill's wife. I could not believe that she wanted this to happen. She had been good to me. I felt that I had betrayed her. A week and. Jane and I grabbed cups of a deliciously flavored fruit punch.It had a bit of a bite to it, but I loved it and drank copiouslythroughout the night. At the time, I did not realized it was spiked andwould come close to getting me into deep trouble. I had never had alcoholbefore.The room was dark with flashing colored lights, and smoky from all thepot. Brian grabbed my hand and pulled me to the dance floor. By that timeI was a bit unsteady on my feet from the alcohol and when he wrapped hisarms. Toby pushed the towel into her limp hands. "Come on, you'll get cold if you aren't careful." He turned away, his point made. "I'll meet you in the bedroom."Beth dried herself rapidly, followed Toby into the bedroom, her towel tucked around her, and settled herself onto the bed gingerly beside him, hairbrush in her hand; there was no way she could leave it to dry on it's own, and no way she could make Toby wait for her to use a hairdryer. As she began to brush her hair out, Toby instructed her,. "She shook her head, "who did you wish to speak with?"I gestured to the male, "your mate."She grinned as she sat back, "Andrew?"He glanced at me, "what did you wish to talk about?"I shifted to the side as one of the girls absently threw warm cereal, "my leader of clans wishes me to learn about fighters."He sat up, "what I did was a suicide mission and..."I waved that away as I stepped up beside the girl and caught her hand, "this we understand but we would find out how to kill their capital.