“For a man, you mean?”
“For anyone. I’m impressed.”
She started to giggle. She covered her mouth with her hands and turned toward the window. The giggles turned into muffled laughter.
“Now you’re laughing at me,” he said, resigned. “You know, you can be hard on a man’s ego.”
She sobered, dropped her hands and turned back to face him. Her eyes sparkled with the tears generated by her laughter.
“Good thing yours isn’t too fragile,” she said.
“Every man has his limits.”
“So does every woman. You were only half right, you know.”
“Yeah?”
She smiled ruefully. “The arguments aren’t all your fault. I may be pushing things a bit, too.”
“Why?”
“For the same reason,” she said.
He went still. “Yeah?”
“I want to sleep with you, but part of me thinks that is a very bad idea.”
“Why?”
“Because something weird seems to happen when you and I make…” She broke off and coughed discreetly. “When you and I have sex.”
“Define weird.”
She spread her hands. “I don’t know how to explain it, but it feels like something to do with our auras. It’s as if my wavelengths are somehow resonating with yours. It’s a veryintimatesensation. Probably just my imagination at work. But I’ve been wondering…”
“Wondering what?”
She sighed. “If you must know, I’m wondering if it’s some aspect of the psychic stress I experienced when I broke the code on that book in Mrs. Vaughn’s library. Maybe some energy from the dreamstate is affecting my normal senses or something.”
“Ah,” he said. He smiled.
She frowned. “What is that supposed to mean?”
“You’re wondering if having sex with me is making you crazy,” he said. He was grinning now. “It’s an intriguing question. One that will require a lot more research and experimentation.”
“You’re laughing at me, aren’t you?”
“Yeah. That resonance thing going on with our auras? I feel it, too.”
She brightened. “You do?”
“If you’re going crazy, so am I. But unlike you, I’m not worried about it.”
“You’ve experienced that kind of thing before during sex?” she asked, hopeful now.
“No.” He smiled and moved closer to her. “Maybe that’s why it feels so good. Personally, I’ve gotta tell you that I’m not going to lose any sleep over this.”
“But what do you think is going on?” she asked. “The para-physics involved, I mean. It certainly isn’t normal.”
