"Laura's made somenew friends," Dad told mum. "They came over this afternoon." "That'sgreat," mum said. "One of them is a boy," dad said winking at mu...m. "Ohreally?" mum asked. "Do you like him?" she said. "Dad!" I whined at him."It's nothing like that. George and I are just friends and we've onlyjust met." "Ok Ok," mum said chuckling, "is he pretty though?" Um, yeah I guess." I hadn't really thought about it when I met him butnow I guess you could say I was kind of attracted to him. "He's not. Uhm, the reason I called is, well, remember the necklace I gave you?”“Yeah”“Well, uhm, when I went to buy it I had to catch a ride with my sister Jane.”Not sure where he was going with this she said, “Okay”“Uhm, well she kinda saw it, like, uhm, because the bag broke, and, uhm, well, she kinda, you know, guessed that it was a gift, for a girl. You know, a gift you would, ah, like, give to a, a girl friend.”“Oh god.”“No, no, ah, Jane didn’t say anything to my Mother. So, you know, we’re cool. "It has been long, Virbius. Did you come to say good-bye?" Your time in this life may be short," Virbius replied. "But I havefaith that we will meet again. Walk with me."They walked, arm in arm, deeper into the woods. "Perhaps there is hope?Maybe, like you, I will be resurrected?" Antonius asked with a wrysmile.Virbius caught his look and laughed softly, "Asclepius will not makethat mistake again. It was so long ago that I was Hippolytus, beloved byAphrodite. I scorned her, to remain true to. I stood there for a moment, trying to take it all in and failing miserably. My brain was completely overheating and all I could muster in response to this goddess of a woman before me was a very clear and defined "duuhhh" sound. "I'll take that as a compliment I guess" was my mother's merciful reply."umm...aaaa....hahaha..." I replied like a true Casanova.My mother giggled at my sudden ineptitude to string words together and was obviously enjoying the effect that she was having on her son..