Kyle was grinning from ear to ear as he returned to the table where Kylie was waiting. "She asked me to come over to her house this Saturday to play video games!"
"That's great Kyle! Go slow--this is a girl with plenty of reasons to be scared by the world." responded Kylie. Don't blow it, she thought, Aziza could very well be the girl for you the way she was the girl for me but you have to play it smart and don't be a horny idiot.
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For the first time in years, Jennifer Smith was looking at herself in the mirror. It was at first hard to distinguish the feeling she had seeing herself for the first time in years from the feeling of the curse, but when after a minute she had no trouble turning away looking for Aziza to thank, she knew the curse had been lifted. She went into the other room, and saw Aziza passed out on the couch. She turned to Mike. "Would you excuse us please?"
Mike left the room. Undoubtedly some hetero nonsense, he thought.
Jennifer turned to Tom. "So you're with her now?"
"Yeah, I am."
"OK. She seems nice, and the two of you seem happy together."
"So you're OK with it."
"I owe you two more than I can ever repay. But I'm not just saying it out of obligation. I love you, Tom, and I want you to be happy, and if Aziza makes you happy, then go for it." Jennifer paused. "Anyway, I think I'm a lesbian."
Tom burst into laughter, and after a few seconds Jennifer joined him.
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The preparations were all made, and Viktoriya was ready to open the portal to the demon king's treasury. Clay had his misgivings, but he was a veteran succumber to more strong-willed people, and Viktoriya seemed so sure this would work.
A voice rang out. "Had thought stupid sister had gotten smarter, but no. What can you expect from heterosexuals?" Katerina, wearing her most fearsome Black Widow expression, slammed the slowly opening portal shut, and with a gesture extinguished the sacrificial fires.