Girls just wanna have fun, right? ;) Well, except for Sarah Love. (I recently read an article that talked about how seldom we get to see girls focussed solely on the pursuit of sex in movies, while that is a whole genre for males. Well, that's not how it is in my story. Girls like sex too.)

Ripp wasn't nude in that shot - he had swim trunks on. He just looks naked, thanks to the book. It's funny to think of the book being the only thing that's covering him, though. I think he needs to re-think his strategy for getting the "good girl", though. The "I'll just sit here half naked until she comes around" method might not work on her. *snicker*

I enjoy Ripp and Stella's relationship too. It's easy and fun, and mutually beneficial. But it's not really a romantic relationship, and it's definitely not exclusive. He really is quite fond of her, though.

I'm glad to hear that. Johnny deserves a bit of sympathy by this point, I think. He's in a tough situation. I wrote that ending previously as a short drabble, so I had given it a bit of extra thought. Thank you.

Stella doesn't like to see things done that way. She's a perfectionist, and she hopes to make the way they do abductions as fair as possible. (On an amusing side note, her expression is actually the result of her reaction to J/O/R's sloppy table manners. Stella's very neat.)