warning: not intended for young 'uns. Everything but language is pretty much PG or less this time, but the stories connected to this are not.

Epilogue: Mexico

Renet knows the tape's ended, but Raph's still staring at the tiny window of the videocamera. "Damn," he says softly, finally puts it down, leans against the side of the van. She can see the glistening of tears in his eyes in the dim light. "Shoulda been there, huh?"
She shrugs her shoulders. "It was cool," she says.
They stare at the videocamera for a while.
"Where's Leo?" he asks.
"I can't tell you that."
"He gets the show, too?"
She nods. "Wedding present."
"Lord Simultaneous know?"
She rolls her eyes. "Yah, right."
Raph grins. Same old Renet.
"I suppose you're not gonna tell me what happened there in the middle, between the proposal and the ceremony? Where you drop the Sacred Sands..."
"Look, I gotta go, before he figures out I've been gone..." she gets up. "You two take care of yourselves, okay?"
"You sure you don't want anything?" he says. "I swear I got some orange juice..." He opens one of the coolers he hasn't tried yet, back behind the front seat.
It's stuffed with food.
"Shit, Renet, you didn't have to--" but she's already gone.
He checks the other coolers; they're all full. One of them has a note.
Took the orange juice; hope you don't mind. --Renet.
"Think I'll let you get away with it this time," he says, smiling.

Contents are the property of phishtar, with the exception of the Joyce and Black 47 quotes; and of course many of the characters are the intellectual property of these guys. The second title was inspired by Peter Gabriel's "Kiss That Frog." If you would like to see what a ketubah actually looks like, there are some beautiful modern examples here. If you try to profit from any of this, good luck...you're gonna need it. If you'd like to link to this story, please link to the main page. If you'd like to reproduce this for any reason, email me and we'll talk. Your comments are welcome as well.

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