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Narquel 9, 0259
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"G'night, you two. P'rose, don't keep him out too late!"
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P'nyssa said as she headed out the door. "I'm going to be over at
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Cutter's for most of the evening working on a burn case."
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"Mom, you work too hard!" P'rose insisted as the door closed
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behind P'nyssa's retreating back. "She does, you know."
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I nodded. "There isn't much I can do about it," I insisted. "I
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just seem to live here at everyone else's whim, P'rose."
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"Bull. You live here because everyone here adores you, and
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besides, your contributions to the world can't ever be returned,
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technically." She sighed. "I just worry about her."
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"Tell me something, P'rose. What was it like, growing up with
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P'nyssa and T'Fia?"
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She smiled. "Well, Mom, I mean, you know, P'nyssa, was always
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busy. She was trying so hard to master this new skill that so few
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people had before the Tindals, and she was also trying to earn a
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physical medical degree at the same time. She knew I needed a
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mother, so she made an agreement with T'Fia. They both raised me."
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"It sounds... mechanical when you say it that way.
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'Agreement.'"
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"Well, you weren't a part of it," she replied. "They were both
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wonderful to me, and both of them did everything they could to raise
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me. They did a good job." I was about to compliment her when she
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glanced down at her watch. "OhMiFah! I'm due on stage in less than
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an hour! I can't believe I let the two of you keep me here so long!
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I told you to warn me when I had to go!"
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I looked at the wallclock and agreed with her. "Well, you
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didn't ask Dave, and none of us really keeps track of the time.
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Besides, half an hour is plenty of time... isn't it?"
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"No, no, no!" she said, standing up. "Come on. If you're going
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to listen to me play we have to get moving. I have to do my hair,
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and my eyes, and... Come on!"
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"Coming, coming!" I said, laughing. I had promised P'rose
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earlier that I'd come listen to one of her concerts. "Shouldn't I,
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like, dress for this?"
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"You'll be backstage. You don't have to dress up like the kids
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out in front. Come on!" She grabbed my hand in her mitten and
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hauled me towards the door. I was surprised by the strength in her
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grip and said so. "Years of guitar," she insisted as we half-walked,
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half-ran down the hallway towards the SDisk.
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We reappeared in a darkened town on a dirt road. "P'rose!"
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someone shouted from the edge of the SDisk. "We waited for you. The
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AI said you'd be here. You're late!"
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As my vision resolved, I saw a young, black Felinzi on a
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stylish, forward-swept motorcycle painted in gleaming red. She held
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a helmet under one arm. "Heya, K'nady. Do you have room for him?"
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P'rose asked, pointing her thumb back at me.
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"Can do. March?"
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"I can carry him. Who is..." Another motorcycle, this one much
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wider in the middle, more 'muscular' looking, pulled up alongside me.
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"Vatare'! It would be an honor if I could escort you to our show."
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The driver was apparently a short Mephit.
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"Cut the 'honor' and it's a deal," I said, straddling the back
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of his bike. Springs whispered softly under the added load, and the
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engine gunned. I couldn't make out his species since he was wearing
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a helmet. "Got a helmet for me?"
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"Attached to the rear," he said.
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I picked up the small box he pointed to, pulling out the cloth
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within. A touch of a small stud on one corner of the small box and
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the cloth immediately hardened into a fully functional helmet. I
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pulled it on. "Set," I said.
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"Let's ride!" the Felinzi shouted.
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"Yieee!" I shouted as the Mephit gunned the engine and the rear
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wheel spit dirt and grit backwards. The bike vibrated insanely, but
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he seemed to have it completely under control.
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P'rose's bar, The Rose, is currently the "hot" place on Pendor.
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I guess being a stick-in-the-mud kind of guy has set me a little
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behind the times. But P'rose's latest song is skyrocketing in
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demand; the AI that keeps the charts says that replays of her song
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have been in the top-five rotation slot for nearly seven weeks now.
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I don't really understand that; to me it sounds like just another
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popular rock song. Her progress up the charts has given her enough
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friends that she persuaded them to build her a nightclub, complete
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with all the fixings. She didn't build it from scratch, but instead
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took it over from someone who, she had said, had grown tired of the
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therapy business and was going back to school to study history
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instead.
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The two bikes soared through the town, which an AI inquiry in my
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head identified as Ramdal, a curious name by any measure. The Mephit
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handled his bike as if he had been born driving it, an attitude that
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reassured me. The wind whipped past my leather jacket as the bike
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cornered tight around a two-story building and pulled up into an
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alleyway. A couple of rats ducked as the lights of two internal-
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combustion beasts growled their way to a door. "Here we are." He
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got off the bike, and so did I, returning the helmet. "Thanks," I
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said.
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"Thank you," he replied, grinning. "If I can calm down enough,
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I'll really be in the mood to rock tonight!"
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"Come on, March," P'rose said, grabbing him by the shoulder.
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"Let's get dressed!" Just as she had done with me earlier, she
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hauled him in through the dark doorway out of sight.
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I followed, curious, and apparently invited. Inside, there was
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a madhouse of two mels and four fems hurriedly dressing, getting
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ready. A tall Uncia came back and shouted, "P'rose! Ten minutes!"
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"I'm ready, I'm ready!" she shouted back. I retreated into a
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black hallway that led to the stage, taking cover. Out on stage, two
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mels were assembling the gear the band would be using to play. It
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was nice to see that people still used unsynthesized electric
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guitars, animal-skin drums and brass saxophones. The fact that I
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found that interesting shows just how out of the mainstream I am when
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it comes to music.
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The crowd outside was mostly youthful-looking, with a few people
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showing that carriage that comes with maturity. I estimated most of
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her fans were less than fifty years old, and it showed in their dress
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and the noise. Oh, the noise! Unbelievable! P'rose was going to
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try to play over *that*?
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They came running by me, slowing only as they reached the edge
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of the stage, walking out into the view of the audience calmly,
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waving. I admired that professionalism.
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And then they began playing. A wall of noise rolled over me as
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the guitars began screaming and the bass drum began thudding. The
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beautiful Human girl with the saxophone was belting out high notes on
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that thing so high they threatened to make my ears bleed. But as I
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stood there, watching them, my body began responding to the rhythm
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all on its own. I found myself bouncing back and forth, enjoying
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myself.
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The crowd, of course, ate it up. That's what they were here
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for. To listen to what was now the most popular band on the Ring. I
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watched and listened, to the lovely bodies on stage interacting with
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the equally lovely bodies down in the audience, wondering about all
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the rumors that surrounded this musical kind of hero worship.
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At the intermission, P'rose walked straight towards me,
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accompanied by one of her other bandmembers. "Rosy, who is this?"
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"Meet Minda, my keyboards. That over there is V'Drow, my lead
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guitar. That's Tim on string synth."
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"And who's this?" Minda asked.
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"I hope you recognize Ken Shardik, Minda."
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"Ohmifah! I'm sorry! Ohmifah, it really *is* you! Rosy, how
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do you know him?"
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"Be serious, Minda," the lead guitarist said. "Rosy's mother is
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P'nyssa Traken."
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"Ohmifah, I'm such a vacuum! I'm sorry."
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"It's okay, Minda. Go get something to drink, would you?"
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P'rose shuffled Minda out of sight, then turned to me. "Great
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musician, not a great thinker. So, what do you think?" she asked.
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"It's... um... powerful," I said.
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"It's not your kind of music," she said.
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"I listen to Iron Maiden once in a while, okay?" I laughed.
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"It's just been a long time since I listened to anything played live.
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That sounded really wonderful," I said.
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"Glad you like it," she said. The Uncia who had come by earlier
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came by again, placing a pitcher into her hand. "Water. Thank Fah,"
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she said, raising the entire jug to her mouth and draining what
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looked like half of it. Then she glanced up at me, smiling. "I
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should be careful saying things like that around you, shouldn't I?"
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she asked. "Mom warned me about that."
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I shook my head. "Be yourself around me," I said. "That's all
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I ask."
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She nodded. "I gotta go back on." She kissed me on the mouth,
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which surprised me. "Wish me luck."
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"Luck," I said, still recovering.
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"HELLO OUT THERE!" P'rose's voice screamed over the speakers.
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"ENJOYING YOURSELVES?"
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From the expression on her face, the roar of the crowd was
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giving her orgasms. She looked wonderful, just like her mother, only
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with more muscle. "Good!" she said, lowering the volume a little.
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"By the way, I want to point out a very special person in the
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audience tonight. Most of you out there can tell who my mother is,
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right?" she asked, pointing to her eyes. I groaned. P'rose, I
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begged silently, don't do this. The audience cheered. "Well, she's
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not here, she's too busy. But we do have Ken Shardik in the
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audience. Mac, gimme the spotlight on Vatare'!"
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"Ack!" I said as the light panned across me. The audience just
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went berserk at that point. I tried to put on an indignant chin,
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glaring at P'rose. She stuck her tongue out at me. So I stuck mine
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right back at her. The audience ate it up.
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"Okay, enough humiliation for Shardik. Let's rock!"
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The band exploded in another wave of feedback and I ducked back
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behind the stage again, my heart beating loud in my chest. I *hate*
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being pointed out like that. It drives me crazy. I seriously
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thought about how I would get back at her.
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Finally, though, the concert was over and the nightclub went
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back to being a club, serving drinks and clearing out a space on the
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floor for dancers. I waited in the back room for P'rose to come out,
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and finally she did. "What did you think?" she asked.
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I grabbed her by the arm and hauled her out into the alleyway,
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just as she had hauled March and me around earlier this evening. The
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door slammed against the brick wall as I threw it open, then slammed
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shut into the doorframe, vibrating on its hinges as I closed it. I
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turned her around and shoved her up against the brick wall of The
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Rose. "What kind of crazy stunt was that?" I asked.
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Her expression fell. "Well... I just thought..."
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"You could embarrass me in front of all those people?"
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"Oh, come on, Ken! They love you. There's nothing embarrassing
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about that."
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"I was embarrassed!" I said. "I don't like being..." I have
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the hardest time in the universe holding onto anger. It dissipated
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right there and then. "Sorry. You just had me going for a moment
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there."
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"Look, I'll never do it again," she said, raising her eyes to
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me. Her face is so much like her mother's, with the white rings
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around her dark yellow, almost orange, eyes. She was imploring me,
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and I couldn't hold back.
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A light drizzle began to fall on us, out in the alleyway. A
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single lightglobe, high on one corner of the building, illuminated
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us, the two motorcycles, and the gritty, glistening blacktop.
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Droplets were misting on her upturned face. I leaned over and slowly
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placed a kiss on her lips. Her mouth opened slightly, just enough
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for a breath, as I straightened back up. Her eyes were closed.
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"You're forgiven."
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She fluttered her eyes open again. "Ken? Do that again."
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As I leaned over, I heard music coming through the walls. The
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entire building I was pressing her against thumped with the
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recordings of bass guitars and monstrous drums. And as I kissed my
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step-daughter, I heard the words. They were playing her most popular
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song.
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Baby, can't your heart dance?
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Can't you give me one more chance?
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You came into my life, now all I do's about loving you.
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Her kiss grew more passionate. Between the music and the cool
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of the mist, we were generating more than enough heat for two. Her
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mittens reached into my jacket, touching my chest through the cloth
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of my shirt. I ran my hands down the sides of her body, covered in a
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tight latex corsetry and miniskirt decorated in garish pinks, blues,
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whites and reds. She moaned under my caresses, seemingly being
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turned on just by my smallest progress.
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I remember the first day that you walked into my dreams,
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You were the most handsome creature I thought I'd ever seen,
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And I thought I was the kind that someone like you'd never want.
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"P'rose?" I asked as I managed to get a pause for breath.
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She looked up. "I'm sorry... do you not... want me?"
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I laughed. "Oh, P'rose, you have no idea. I'm just a little
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surprised by your forwardness."
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She smiled. "I just thought now was a good time. I've always
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been a little excited by the idea of making love out here, in an
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alley, where I could get caught. Please?"
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"Make love out here?"
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"Sure!" she said. She took my hand and led it between her
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thighs. "It's a short skirt. See?" She grinned.
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Like a flame we joined and loved and tore each other in two,
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And I'm left with nothing but anger to remind me of you,
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And it's in my dreams or are they nightmares that you're the haunt.
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My fingers did indeed "see," as I felt the wetness slowly
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spreading from her slightly swollen lips. I pressed her up against
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the wall, my mouth finding hers again as my fingers slid between her
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nether lips, caressing her already very hard clitoris. She
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shuddered. "Gently," she sighed.
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I slowed down slightly, and her mittens found the buttons of my
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fly, pulling them open with an easy tear. She reached in. "You
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don't wear anything underneath."
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"Not usually," I said.
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"Good. Makes this so much easier." She knelt down onto the
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hard pavement and fumbled momentarily with my pants; a second later
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she had my erection in her mitten, and a second after that in her
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mouth.
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I gasped as she swallowed my cock smoothly. I reached down and
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ran my fingers into her hair. She moaned as I held onto her, trying
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not to grab at her large ears. Her tongue pressed hard against the
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underside of my cock, teasing the head as it swirled around and
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around. "Easy!"
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She eased back only enough to inhale deeply through her nose,
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then attempted to swallow the whole thing. I felt my cock curve
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gently against the back of her throat and downwards until I felt the
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warm wetness of her lips at the very root of my cock and looked down
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to see her nose pressed into my fly. Gods, she was incredible. She
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slowly backed off and began stroking, slowly, making sure my cock
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stayed hard as a rock. My hair was standing on end from the
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pleasure. "Oh, P'rose."
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She released my cock and stood up, pulling my head down until I
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kissed her lips. But she still pressed down further, until I got the
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idea and dropped to my knees before her. She spread her legs wide as
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I pushed up the plastic hem of her almost nonexistent skirt and
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pressed my mouth to her labia.
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It was her turn to moan in pleasure as I spread her lips with my
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fingers, digging my tongue against her lips and caressing her
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surprisingly large clitoris... much larger than her mother's. I
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sipped the juices that were almost running down her legs as she held
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my head against her cunt. She had no qualms about holding me in
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place! The smell of her filled my nostrils and the sweet taste of
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her cunt flowed along my tongue as I flickered it against her
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beautiful, blue-furred cunt. She moaned, "That's it. That's it,
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Ken. A little more... a little harder... yes! YES!" Her body
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bucked as she came, her mittens tight against my head. "Oh my fah,
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yes!"
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I smiled as I looked up at her. "Now," she gasped. "Fuck me,
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Ken."
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I looked around and found a small beam of wood, once part of a
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cargo pallet. I kicked it into place. "Stand on that," I said.
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"I'm taller than you are."
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She smiled and stood on it. "How's this?" she asked.
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"Perfect," I said, approaching her. My cock, even to my
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surprise, had not softened at all. I pressed up against her, aiming
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my cock between the wet lips of her cunt. I slid past the hole the
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first time, but the second time I thrust it felt like her opening
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grabbed me and pulled me in.
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"Yes," she moaned again.
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"Uh-huh," I sighed, kissing her. Even with my jacket, the heat
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had leeched from my body long ago; the sensation of her warm cunt
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enveloping my cock felt wonderful. I grabbed her tens right below
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the mittens and pressed them up against the brick wall, thrusting
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deeper. She spread her legs further apart, and I began a slow,
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rhythmic fucking. The hard part was staying inside her.
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We managed. I found it hard to breathe in the cool night air as
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the mist fell around us. We panted as I thrust into her, holding her
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hips. We were watching each other, occasionally taking side-glances
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to look down and see if anyone was watching us.
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Then the door to The Rose opened. "P'rose, where are you...
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Oh." It was her Mephit drummer, March. I glared at him, and she did
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too. "This can wait." He closed the door hurriedly.
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She giggled. "We'd better hurry this up," she sighed. "Not
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that I want to."
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"I understand." I slid out of her.
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"I didn't want to... whoops!" I grabbed her by the waist and
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turned her around, facing the wall. With a brusque pull I had her
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skirt up again, and slid my cock back into her willing cunt. "Oh..."
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she gasped. "Yes."
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I grabbed her hips and began thrusting harder. She held onto a
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drainpipe and bent over further, pushing her ass out to meet my
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thrusts. "Yes," she groaned. "Like that."
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"I'm close," I gasped as the tickling in my groin said the same
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thing. "I'm really... YES!" I pushed into her, hard. My cock
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pulsed come into her, and I heard her groan.
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"Yes..." she sighed. "Oh, yes."
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I slid my erection out of her. It jutted up into the cold night
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air, wilting slowly. "That was wonderful," I sighed.
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She grinned wildly, kissing me on the cheek. "I enjoyed
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myself." We both laughed as I dug my black handkerchief out of a
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pocket and wiped myself off. I handed the kerchief to her as I put
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my shrinking cock away and closed up the button on my jeans.
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"Nearly zipless," I commented.
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"Come on," she said. "I'd like a drink of something cool."
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"Me too. And you have to find March and find out what he
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wanted."
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She giggled. "And probably apologize to him, too." She reached
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up for my cheek, pulling me down towards her, kissing me. "Thanks."
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"You're very welcome," I said. Like the perfect gentleman that
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I sometimes pretend to be, I held the door open for her and followed
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her back into the club.
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--
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"Between a Hard and a Rock Place"
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