Meeting at the Mall

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#2 of Jaqelyn's Journey

Merry Christmas to XanderGreene. You are the recipient of my IB Secret Santa entry this year :D I started work on this piece at MFF 2016 where a bit of magic occurred. The mall plot was conceived with the help of MajikMunki and the character used: https://www.sofurry.com/view/1109499 was the co creation of myself and LobaDeLaLuna. All of this occurred at a bit of an art jam on the Sunday night which caused this whole magic to spring in the air, very Christmas like. I've been so excited to post this story up so it's nice the 20th is finally here.

Small Warning: One scene has the shortest little bit of blood, nothing too crazy

Hope you all enjoy it, especially Xander ^^

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All characters depicted in this work are purely fictional and over the age of consent. Any situation is meant as parody and does not represent any child, living or otherwise.

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Xander sat alone on a bench in his local mall, a yawn escaping him as he watched the world go by. It was December and Christmas music dominated the speakers along the walls of the large facility. His blue eyes wandered aimlessly amongst the details of passersby until a young cub suddenly caught his attention, the young goat wearing the cutest pink dress. She looked irresistibly cute with her jet black fur, small dots of fur that were almost orange covering her in patchy details. He could make out her eyes occasionally, noticeable even from a distance as being burnt ochre, dazzling in their natural design. Her hair was a soft golden brown, almost curly in its long wavy form. He assumed she must have been at least partially Sirohi in breed, accounting the details of her fur patterns.

Xander watched as the young goat counted the pennies she had collected, trying her best to buy something in the shop across from him. She held a cute little plushie in her paws, a brown wolf holding a little moon tucked between her arm, the girl holding it in an almost half-hug. He watched with the shortest smile as she desperately emptied all of her pockets, frantically searching all over herself as if some extra cash would somehow materialize for her. The shop owner shrugged as he said something to the girl, a look of sadness noticeable as she left the store downtrodden. Xander got to his feet as the goat approached him, the girl looking up in surprise as the puma knelled down a tad to speak to her, "What's the matter miss? You look rather sad."

The goat poked a finger in her mouth shyly as she kicked her legs behind her a bit, whispering in response, "Uh, umm, I-I wanted a plushie," she looked so cutely hurt, "I don't have enough money though."

"Hmm," Xander reached his paws out, "Let's see how much you have sweetie." The girl reached back for her measly change and passed it into the open paws that were offered. She then put her finger back in her mouth, nibbling on it nervously as she watched the puma count it up. "Wow that was so close!" Xander exclaimed as he looked over the 33 cents, knowing she would not have afforded much with the scraps of coin she had clearly collected over time, "I think I have a little bit of change I could lend you."

"Oh!" the girl was excited, mumbling as she still nibbled her finger, "R-really?" She looked up at the puma, liking his almost greenish yellow fur. It had a neat look to it, and his eyes made him look kind.

"Yeah," Xander said with a wink, brushing some of the black hair from his eye, "You gotta keep me company though, all my friends were busy today."

"C-company?" the shy girl asked.

"Yeah, at the mall, only a little bit of shopping I need to do, but all my friends were busy, and I'm kinda lonely..." Xander was lying through his teeth, usually preferring to shop alone as he found the trouble of contending with his pals would cause the trip to take much longer than it needed to be. Something drew him to this girl however, a sense of curiosity filling his psyche as he enjoyed both her adorable attitude and the innocence that seemed to seduce him.

The goat felt a sense of compassion for the stranger, both for offering to help her pay and from the sympathy of hearing about his apparent loneliness. She nodded her head suddenly, gulping shyly as she grabbed the paw that was offered out to her, "O-ok, I can keep you company mister."

"Xander," the puma said with a grin, "Call me Xander. What's your name miss?"

The goat's cheeks turned scarlet as she was continually treated like a woman rather than a cub, "J-Jaqelyn."

Xander's lips curved into a big warm grin, his usual abrasive stillness replaced with a tickled fancy, "Jaqelyn, a pleasure to meet you." He walked the cub back into the shop and reached for a bill, smiling to cashier, "My niece seems to have taken a liking to this dolly here, $22?"

The cashier nodded as he took the feline's cash, the skunk counting it before reflection on the cub below the pair, "Your niece is very cute."

"Thanks," Xander said plainly, the slightest bit of cold in his tone as he spoke with the skunk in disinterest, "I think so too."

Jaqelyn had missed the puma's fib as she clutched the little wolf plushie tightly, squeezing it in the tightest hug. "Thank you Xander!" she exclaimed as she added the puma's leg into her hug, the feline looking over to make sure the skunk was busy with a new patron, missing the lack of 'Uncle' in the cub's speech.

"You're very welcome sweetie," he said with a grin, holding his paw out for the girl to grasp again, "Well, shall we?"

The goat blushed as she nodded her head, reaching her paw out to grasp the puma's again. The two left the plushie shop and travelled down the halls towards their next destination, Xander knowing just what stops he needed to make. "So," the puma began to resume some small talk, "Why are you here all by yourself?"

The girl looked shyly as she began to reply, a little bit of a shrug edging off her shoulders as she began to explain, "Umm, umm," she poked her fingers together, "D-don't tell anyone, but I snuck out."

Xander looked at the girl with concern, "You snuck out?"

She nodded again, "Yeah, my mom was at work and dad worked overnights so he-he had to sleep in, and I umm..."

The cub got really quiet, Xander leaning closer to give her a playful smile, "You what?"

"I may have, umm," her face went scarlet as she nibbled her finger again a little, "I may have turned his alarm off, so I could go buy the, umm, plushie I wanted..."

Xander looked concerned, but his lips slowly curved into a grin before he started laughing, a hearty chuckle escaping him as he felt quite humoured. "You naughty girl!" he said as he nudged her side, the anxious girl smiling despite looking a little remorseful from her own actions. "I'm sure he won't wake up for a while, and I understand wanting the plushie, just don't buy too much... it is almost time for Christmas after all."

Jaqelyn nodded, "Y-yeah, I know, I just wanted her, really, really bad!"

Xander looked down and noticed the brown wolf toy was quite cute, its button eyes and little sewn smile peering above the little moon it was holding. "Well, she does look like she belongs with you, so I guess it's ok just this one time." The puma held out his pinkie, the confused goat reaching out before the feline hooked their digits together, "I'll keep your secret."

"Th-thanks," she replied with a little grin, "Umm, wh-where do you need to go Xander?"

Xander looked down at her, still holding his bag of everything he had actually needed, "Well first, first I need to buy some ice cream."

The girl's ears flickered up at the words, eyes wide as her little ears began to twitch above her horns, "Ice cream?"

"Yeah," Xander said with a grin, "You want one?" There was no vocal response, but the girl quickly clutched his leg in another hug, the puma chuckling as he rubbed her hair gently with his paw.

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After two rather large cones had been devoured, the pair found themselves sitting at a bench near the back of the mall, both watching the world go by now. Xander would keep glancing at the girl, the goat shying away with a heavy blush as she felt his eyes on her. He made her feel sort of funny, his handsome appearance and kindness making the lower half of her body warm in some mysterious way. The puma could tell there was some sort of feeling stirring in the girl, and he reached over to snuggle her closer, "Is everything ok Jaqelyn?"

The goat nodded anxiously as she faked a large grin, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm good!"

"You just look sort of... troubled." He watched as she scrunched up shyly, "You know, we did make a pinkie promise... you _can_trust me with your secrets."

The girl was still innocent enough to believe such a promise and she gulped as she tried to put her feelings into words, "O-ok, it's just, I-I feel funny around you."

"Funny?" Xander cocked his head to the side, "What kind of funny?"

"I feel," she thought hard as her face turned deep red, "Warm..."

"Warm huh?" the puma said as he got closer, his paw gently drifting over her shoulders and down her back.

"W-warm..." she repeated in a near breathless whisper, "Warm, and tingly..."

"Tingly..." Xander repeated as he looked around, making sure they were pretty much alone for a moment.

"Warm," Jaqelyn continued to speak in her flighty tone, "Tingly, s-strange, an-" She was cut off as the puma suddenly pressed his lips to hers, her muzzle trying to close up as his tongue slid in. Her eyes were wide, shocked and confused as he kissed her, his tongue gently tapping at hers. Her eyes were wide, scared, but then, suddenly, closed as she hugged him, letting her lips move in time with his. It made her symptoms feel worse at first, the intensity of her warmth fiery and course, her tingles became shivers and her stomach dropped, but soon, out of nowhere, the trio of feelings seemed to wash together, and her crotch felt oddly wet. She broke the kiss almost immediately as she whimpered out, "Oh no, I-I think I peed!"

Xander held back a laugh as he picked the girl up, trying his best to hide his thickly tented pants, "Uh oh, don't worry little one, let's go take a look." He rushed her towards the nearest single washroom, the family one to be exact. It would be lockable and private, and likely even contain a small table. He gave her a warm smile as he sped her towards it, the goat looking away as she remained red as a ripe tomato. "Hey!" Xander called to her, the surprise loudness leaving Jaqelyn unable to avoid a look back at the puma. Her face scrunched up even shyer as he planted a kiss on her little nose, the feline adding, "Don't sweat it, whatever happened I still think you're one cool little miss!" The goat said nothing as she was carried into the family washroom, every specification as the puma imagined it would be. He closed the door gently behind himself and locked it, slowly turning to look at the shy girl, "Do you trust me Jaqelyn?"

The goat gulped as she considered the possibly loaded question, eventually nodding as she decided the outcome would likely not be too severe, "Y-yes, I trust you Xander."

"Ok," he said as he snuck closer, lifting her up onto the table adjacent the sink, "I'm gonna check if everything is... _ok_down there, do you trust me with that... area?" Even Xander could admit the wording was awkward, but there was no other way to approach such a sensitive topic. Jaqelyn gulped as she felt faint from embarrassment, but nodded again to her trusted new friend. She closed her eyes and tightened up as he lifted her pink skirt up slowly, her breath panting as he looked over her silky panties, pearly blue and almost silky to the touch. Xander slowly touched them, feeling the dampness and heat already. Jaqelyn let out a desperate sigh as the grazing fingers left a feeling like no other, the girl bleating anxiously as the puma slowly pulled them down her legs. He looked over her soft folds, the same brown fur quality around them, with a couple caramel spots around her pubic mound that made the whole area even cuter. He reached down slowly and touched the soft petals, feeling their damp quality, "Yep, you are wet..."

"I'm sorry," she cried in shame, "I d-don't know why I peed!"

"Oh you didn't pee," Xander began to explain, the goat looking back with immense confusion, "You got aroused."

"Aroused?" Jaqelyn had never heard that word before.

"Yeah," the puma responded, "It's something grownups get when they really like someone." This only made Jaqelyn shyer. "You must really like me," Xander giggled, "Don't worry, I really like you too, I-I'm sort of aroused too..."

"You got wet too?" the goat asked curiously.

Xander laughed again, "No, girls get wet, boys get hard."

"Hard?" some shyness had left as curiosity began to burn in the cub.

"Want me to show you?" the puma's eyes gleamed as he offered. There was another silent, responding nod and he began to pull his pants down, underwear next as his hard cock was revealed to her. It was long and modestly thick, a good size and shape in its pink form. The tip seemed to have small bumps under it, the goat unaware that those were where his feline barbs were nestled.

"It l-looks..." Jaqelyn was unsure of what words to use, not wanting to offend the puma, but a little taken aback from having never seen a penis up close before.

"Strange?" he tried to help the young goat form her words, scratching the back of his head as he shrugged, "I guess it is a little weird when you're not used to it, but-"

"No," the cub softly interrupted him, "Not strange, it looks... nice."

"Oh..." Xander was left a little dumbfounded at the words, leaning forward so it was closer to her reach, "Do you, umm, wanna touch it?"

Jaqelyn gulped as she reached a paw out, grasping it gently. She then held out her other paw, gently caressing the length with both as she let out several low sighs of breath. "It feels, s-soft" she whispered as she kept feeling around its shape, even tugging at the puma's balls occasionally, curiosity guiding her every step of the way. She kept touching until something made her eep out in shock, her paws retracting as something sticky had slid onto her fingertips. She looked down at it strangely, opening and closing her fingers to see the almost clear-white fluid that webbed on the connecting fingers.

"Oh_that_," Xander chuckled anxiously, "That's normal, it's part of a boy's arousal, girls get something almost similar but not quite the same."

"It's weird," Jaqelyn responded, Xander ready to explain more until he realized she meant it in a different way, "How come boys' and girls' bodies do such weird things when they like each other."

Xander gulped as he thought over his next words carefully, able to use it as a sort of ploy, "Well that's because, when a boy and girl are really close they can do a thing called sex."

"Sex?" Jaqelyn thought for a moment, "I've heard boys at school talk about it, but I don't know what it is."

Xander stepped around careful words, "It's when a boy and girl play with each other's privates." Jaqelyn's ears raised as she cocked her head to the side. "You can use your paws, your muzzles, even each other's privates."

"What?" Jaqelyn giggled, still blushing, but less nervous now than she was actually tickled with an innocent sense of humour.

"Yeah, it's sort of hard to explain, but it feels really good, and makes really close friends closer." After those words Xander got rather quiet, both furs sort of looking away from each other as they both began to blush heavily. "D-did you..." Xander gulped as he nervously approached the question, "Did you want me to show you?" Jaqelyn nodded slowly, feeling very close with her new friend by now. "A-alright, let's start off slow then..." He reached his paw out and touched her cheek, slowly moving her gaze back to him. She looked so beautiful, the pretty young thing flushing a hew of red as she looked into his eyes with her own amber gaze. He leaned closer and pressed his lips to hers, this time the cub clutching him a faster hug as their tongues began to cling to each other. They slid over one another in a smooth slow-dance, both partners letting out low sighs as they gripped each other in a warm embrace.

When the kiss broke, Jaqelyn was left panting, her heart trembling as the warm, course tingles returned. She looked up at Xander as he leaned back, some strange feeling deep inside her begging to quell some unheard need, "Sh-show me more, please."

Xander smiled as he kissed the girl's neck, the goat shivering as the feline slowly knelled down onto his knees. She felt the slightest tinge of embarrassment as he now sat under her legs, bleating in surprise as he spread her legs out again. He leaned into her skirt and let a shallow breath graze her damp folds, the goat's hooves shaking as her legs kicked. "Just relax sweetie" Xander attempted to calm the cub as he leaned in, planting a single kiss above her pussy before dragging his tongue down slowly over her immature slit. Her nectar was like sweet honey, the subtle traces of her juices soaking the feline's course tongue as he gently lapped at her.

"Ah, g-goodness, oh goodness Xander!" Jaqelyn trembled as the puma's tongue began to flick all over her, trying to dig as deep as it could as he slowly lapped at her. The warmth inside her did not ease up, in fact there was now a roaring fire inside her that left her whimpering aloud. Her body felt overly stimulated in moments, the goat shaking as she bleated out almost like a feral animal. Xander had already started to slide his lips back up towards her clitoris, coaxing the hood out as he sucked and slurped gently. He was hugging the goat's legs to keep them from kicking his face, his whole body soon shaking as the goat bucked her hips, a small trace of something sticky hitting his tongue.

He back off as the goat shook and trembled, covering her face with her paws as she was nearly crying in agonizing pleasure. "Sorry, did I get carried away?" the puma asked, reaching up to kiss the girl's forehead.

"Umm, no, no it's fine, it's fine, I just, wh-what was that?!" She leaned closer hugging him as she kept trembling, "It felt so incredible, I never knew friends could make friends feel that good."

"Well they can," Xander said with a grin, "...and I must say, if it's not too lewd, you tasted amazing Jaqelyn!"

"Lewd?" the girl asked, not forgetting to wince in shyness at the thought of him tasting her down there.

"Err, never mind."

Jaqelyn laughed as she looked back at the puma, nipping her bottom lip as she thought to herself, "Is-is it my turn?" Xander gulped as he nodded, standing up so the goat could see his throbbing member. "Err, h-how do I do it?" she asked curiously.

Xander reached down to pat her hair softly, smiling gently, "You just put it in your mouth and, well, you sorta suck on it like a lollipop, or a popsicle, just don't bite!"

Jaqelyn giggled as he gave a faked looked of pain at those words, grasping his lengths with her paw again as she said, "Ok, I umm, I think I can do it..." She looked up at him with her bright, cute eyes, tongue tapping at the tip curiously. She shuddered at first as a sticky salty droplet of pre touched her tongue, but a second later she had adjusted, not completely minding the flavour. She tried again and quickly fit the head of Xander's cock into her mouth, slowly bobbing her head up and down as she got used to its shape and size. Her teeth would occasionally poke at the sides of his length, but not hard enough to really hurt. She could only manage three inches as she suckled the feline's length, but her cuteness and the perversity of the situation was enough to carry the puma the rest of the way.

Xander groaned as he lay his head back, running his fingers through her hair as he somehow managed to coax her down to four inches. She sucked harder as he moaned louder, something about the way he was reacting causing her body to stir in more mysterious, pleasurable ways. "Oh yeah, just like that baby," he said with a low sigh, watching her gaze up at him as she kept sucking the best she could, "Mmm, don't stop!" She kept suckling at his shaft, bobbing her head up and down the bit she could manage until she was whimpering. "What's wrong sweetie?" Xander asked, groaning as he saw her lap precum clean from his tip.

"I feel all funny down there" she wiggled in spot, putting the head of the puma's cock back in her mouth as she felt this instinctual need to keep playing.

"Did you want me to help you?" Xander offered.

The goat nodded gently as she muffled out "Mhmm", clearly enjoying the feel of the feline's cock in her muzzle.

"Alright baby" he whispered as he slid his paw between her legs, the goats spreading out eagerly as he began rubbing her wet sex with his digits. With each graze of his fingertips she seemed to suck harder, the cub moaning desperately as the feline's fingers worked harder. Xander had to fight his urges to keep from just tearing into her, hungry for much more as he emptied constant squirts of precum into her muzzle. He kept lunging his paw harder against her as would gulp more of him down, his restraint slowly fading away until quite suddenly, he went too far, two fingers popping into her. He pulled out just in time to keep her from biting down on him, wiggling his digits around to coax pleasure out of her.

"Oww!" she whimpered as a few natural tears flowed down her cheeks, the girl having no idea what had cause such pain, "What was that?"

Xander whispered shushes to her gently, stroking her hair with his clean paw as she grabbed a bundle of paper towel, cleaning up the smallest little trickles of blood that had signalled the loss of her virginity, "Sometimes that happens your first time." The cub had a terrified look in her eyes that made Xander feel quite guilty, "Don't worry, it only happens once, it'll feel better soon... wanna try again?"

Some fear had returned for Jaqelyn, but she nodded, not wanting to disappoint her new friend, "Y-yeah, let's try it." Xander nodded as he slowly slid his fingers back inside her, noticing that her bleeding had quickly stopped. He was not sure if it was a trait of her species but she seemed to prep for mating rather well, a few minutes of rubbing the inside of her enough to get her moaning again. "Better?" he asked softly with a grin, the cub simply nodding as her gasps returned. "Slower?" he asked as he wiggled his fingers around inside her, her intensely tight sex gripping him with each turn.

"No," she panted as her body shook rhythmically, "Faster!"

Xander couldn't help but smile as he heard the eagerness enter the cub's voice, fingers starting to pulse in and out faster as his cock throbbed in joy, "Alright, faster it is baby!" Jaqelyn cried out as the puma started to really slide his fingers in and out of her, his pulses stirring her wildfire to an all-time high. He kept up for a while before taking a break, noticing the stickiness on his fingertips, the panting of the girl's breath, and the matted fur of her forehead from all the sweating.

He smiled as she began to whimper, clutching his arm as she growled out in a pout, "Why did you stop?"

Xander leaned down and kissed her neck again, whispering into her ear before nipping it, "I have something else in mind." He looked at her and she waited hungrily, the puma once again asking, "Do you trust me?" She gave her signature silent nod. "Then take your clothes off baby." He had expected her to inquire as to why, but was instead treated to a pretty little strip show, the cub slowly pulling away her clothing until she was bare in front of him, looking with need. He leaned towards her and kissed under her neck, slowly lapping down her chest towards her nipples. He kissed the little nubs of flesh one at a time, tugging the erected peaks gently with his lips as she began to groan louder. "Do you like that?" he asked curiously as he kept teasing her little nipples, the goat shaking as she gasped out.

"That feels funny, good funny, I-I want more!"

Xander grinned slyly as he stood up tall, putting her back into missionary style position of before on the counter, "Well... I got more, you think you can handle it?" Jaqelyn nodded. "Heh, I think you can too baby... but I need you to promise me one thing."

"Anything" Jaqelyn whimpered impatiently.

"You can't tell anyone, anyone about any of today, ok? It's our special little secret!"

She made a little bleat as he hooves rubbed against the puma's cock carefully, whimpering as his fingers teased her slit, "I promise, I promise Xander!"

Xander chuckled as he lined his cock up with her pussy, rubbing its surface gently. She began to pant and wiggle as the strange feeling left her all the more tense, whimpering as she felt his cock slide inside her slowly, "Alright baby, I trust you, just relax for me ok?" Jaqelyn nodded as she started to breathe heavier, reeling from the intense feeling as her body stretched out for the invading cock ever so slowly. It stung at first, but with the aid of Xander's thumb over her clitoris, she was soon able to accept most of the thick shaft. The puma began to slid in and out slowly, leaving a shivering trail of tingles over her entire lower body.

"Y-you put your thingy inside mine" Jaqelyn gasped as she stated the obvious, clinging to the feline as he started to thrust more wildly.

"That's right sweetie," Xander said with a snarled smile, rutting harder into her as her body adjusted to the feeling inside her, "That's how sex works." She began to whimper as her paws clung to his fur, the goat bleating and crying out as she felt suddenly so good. The puma's cock was pulsing in and out of her, the barbs hidden along its underside flaring as he got closer to orgasm. They scraped along the inside of her, not too painful and in fact digging in a way to only coaxed more strange tingles out of her. With the constant pounding into her, the girl's body was starting to feel rather overheated, a deep, pulsing pleasure leaving her in almost a puddle around him. She was quite soaked to the touch, the puma looking down to see just how wet his shaft was left. He clutched her tighter and really gave it his all, his own breath panted out as he slid in and out even faster.

"Oh my goodness, Xander, Xander!" Jaqelyn cried as her little legs shook, the puma having to avoid a few kicks of her little hooves again.

"That's it," he sighed as he pounded down hard, his barbs making him unable to leave her, "So close, I'm s-so-oh god!" Jaqelyn cried out almost painfully as her hips shook, a sticky fluid coating the puma's shaft as she nearly passed out from her very first orgasm. A moment later Xander had buried his entire length into the young cub, growling out a needy groan as he filled the girl's pussy in a thick, creamy white. He nearly dropped down onto the girl as their combined climax passed, the puma simply holding the girl gently as they rested together in afterglow.

There was silence, sweet, sensual silence between the pair as they recovered, the puma planting little kisses on the girl's forehead, cheeks and lips as he coaxed her back into the land of the living. She slowly opened her eyes again with a weak smile as she continued to shiver, the goat kissing the feline back on the nose with the shortest, cutest little peck. "How you feeling baby?" the puma asked gently, still buried inside her warm sex.

The goat smiled back, still wearing her deep blush, "Good, I-I'm good." He clutched her in another hug, kissing her neck until she giggled, too distracted to feel him pull out. She sighed as she laid back, allowing the feline to spread her legs out and look at her. "That was wonderful, I've-I've never felt anything like it before."

Xander grinned as he surveyed her luscious folds, the little slit all sticky and drippy with white, "Sex is quite wonderful, but it's even better with you." He reached in to spread her folds just a little, groaning hungrily as he looked over the perfectly white cream pie that was left nestled between her legs. He carefully pushed some of sticky substance back into her, making sure her externals were left clean.

The girl let out a long fit of laughter as her pussy tickled, feeling the stickiness between her legs, "Why is it so sticky?"

Xander reached in to kiss her forehead one last time, "That's what happens when you have sex, it means you both did a good job." She nodded back to him. "Now, how about we get dressed, and I'll go get you some cookies?"

"Cookies!" the goat exclaimed, working her wobbly legs as best she could to redress herself.

...

The pair made their last trip through the mall before parting ways, the young goat left with a pawful of chocolate chip cookies to sneak home with her. Her father had awoken an hour after she had gotten back from the mall, complained about his alarm being faulty and made her dinner. He was none the wiser of any of her activities that day. Later that evening she lay on her bed stared at the ceiling, mind reeling from the knowledge she had gained in one afternoon. She felt funny when she thought of what had happened to her, and when she thought of Xander her cheeks would immediately burn bright amber. She had hoped to see him again, perhaps for more ice cream and cookies, and deep down she hoped, for sex as well. The new activity had awoken something deep inside her, and especially with the sticky remnants of their afternoon to keep her reminded, she was left stewing in a new, unexplainable hunger. She lay in bed thinking of Xander, and hoping that wherever he was, he was thinking of her as well.