“Okay, okay—keep your hair on!”“Alright—you know the drill!” said Emmett.I looked around at my fellow traveller’s as Emmett called each ...of their names.“Jules?”“Here!”Juliette was our engineering genius. Quiet and thoughtful, she’d helped Emmett with our project from the beginning. She was French, and here on a scholarship. I was also fairly sure there was something going on between her and Emmett.“Gina?”“Here, Doc!”Gina was the wild one, with her short, spiky red hair, green eyes and pale,. ….WHACK….. it landed across the centre of the pink bottom in front of him. The owner of that bottom sucked in her breath sharply and rocked forward slightly onto the balls of her feet before returning to her position just in time for …..WHACK….. it happened again. It had already happened twice before this narrative started and it was destined to happen twice more before the voice of authority commanded ‘Stand up and join the others…NEXT…knickers down…bend over’ This scene was taking place in a. .”I stood up. “I’m still processing it. We’ll talk later, okay?” I kissed her forehead and went back out to join Demie.On the way back to town we parked in a campground. Kate was stuck in her lab in her current state, so it was just Demie and me, sitting on a log next to each other.Demie started a fire in the campsite pit and stepped forward with the two pieces of the Eroji disc in hand. “Bye, brother,” she said, and tossed them into the flame.There was a high-pitched keening sound, almost like. "That means a lot to me, Jake. I don't know why, but it does. Do you think we can just kiss a little and see how we feel?"Jake cupped her face and kissed her as tenderly as she had him. "Of course. Why don't we order dinner? We have all night to decide."With another kiss, Tricia melted into him, snuggling her smaller body against his as they sat on the bed. They kissed and she sighed when his arms slipped around her waist. She’d never felt so safe and comforted as she did in his embrace. His.