"Oh! And speaking of Joshua," added Bob as the thought suddenly struck him, "He's retiring this Spring, eh." WHAT?!" exclaimed everyone at the table e...xcept for Bob and Vivian.Bob chuckled to himself, feeling slightly smug. "He's taking one last big job and then he's coming home to Lavender to stay," he explained, "Of course, he's not REALLY retiring so much as taking a lighter work load. Joshua's gonna be one of Lavender's in-city couriers." One of three," commented Miranda, her eyes fluttering. “There is some truth to what the signs tell us about our relationships.” Brenda took out her cell phone. “Now Brad was born September 10th, also in 1991, and is a Virgo. I’m sure they should be a very good match.”She entered both Brad and Abby’s birth and signs into a website she used, sexualastrology.com. She started reading the results to herself and began an evil laugh.“Here’s what it said about the love life of Brad and Abby being Virgo and Scorpio.”“You share an ability to communicate,. They tried several times, yet none of them felt anything but the burning, agonizing desire for release. Women could barely get wet and men could not get hard. Masturbation was the closest they could come to feeling anything, but it was always more of an echo, a memory of what the pleasure used to feel like, and left them craving for even more.Some of them argued that they should find a way to go back to their original selves, while others tried to convince them it was a worthy trade. It was a. Dexter said, “He’s a nice guy.”“Hey, Calvin,” Dexter said.“Hi, Dexter.”“Are you looking forward to your date, tonight?” Dexter asked.Calvin was pacing around in front of the apartment. He was dressed in slacks with a sports coat. He was actually wearing a tie, which surprised Dexter, as he didn’t think young men did that anymore. Calvin’s black leather shoes were polished to a high shine. He looked pretty sharp. He also looked pretty nervous.Calvin said, “I don’t know. It’s a double date.”“I.