This scene was written with the help of my editor, Tracy 
Lecates, one night on AOL chat:)

	It was time.  Time to go to bed.  Peter and Wendy 
walked hand in hand into one tent. Jody poured a bucket of 
water over the fire as Wolf shoveled some sand on the 
drenched remains.  Then they both looked at each other.  

	Wolf looked at Jody nervously as she looked at him in 
anticipation. Then they both look at the one remaining 
tent. 

	"I'm trusting you to stay on your side, otherwise 
we'll have to divide the tent with pillows down the 
middle," Wolf finally broke the silence and told a 
crestfallen Jody.

	Jody appeared totally crushed.  Her expression 
mirrored that of a kid who'd been presented with a box full 
of chocolate and been told that she can look but CAN'T 
TOUCH.  *Maybe I can convince him that I'm going to need 
the extra warmth? *

	They glanced uncomfortably at one another as they can 
hear the other two in their tent going at it.

  	"Don't even think it!  Otherwise, I'll have Peter 
come and defend my honor!" Wolf ducked inside the tent and 
quickly closed the zipper. She could hear him stripping 
inside. She licked her lips at the thought. "All right, I'm 
in my bag. You can come in now." 

	Jody unzipped the tent and walked in.  Wolf was on 
his side, turned away from her, so she could change in 
privacy.  *Drats, why does he have to be such a gentleman? 
*  She could see Wolf's bare shoulder gleaming in the 
moonlight coming in from the screen window.  *Hmmm...just 
because he's a gentleman, doesn't mean I have to be a 
gentlewoman! *  

	Wolf, as if sensing her gaze quickly tucked the bag 
up to his shoulders.
Heshifted in his bag.  It was almost as if he could feel 
her gaze piercing through and stripping him naked.  *This 
is all Peter's fault! Peter probably planned the number of 
tents just so that this would happen too! *  Wolf snuggled 
down to the bottom of his bag and pulled it over his head. 

	 "Come on, Wolf, it’s cold out here," Jody whined, 
hoping that Wolf would gallantly offer her some of his 
warmth. 

	Wolf groaned. *Why wasn't this girl going to sleep? 
He'd get Peter for this, if it were the last thing he'd 
do.*  Wolf slowly unzipped his bag and sat up. Jody licked 
her lips as she saw his chest. Finally, she would get close 
to him. 

	*Thump* Wolf had thrown something at her. She watched 
sadly as he sank back into his bag, re-covering his head in 
the process. She looked down to see what he had thrown at 
her. *Darn, another sleeping bag! * 

    	Jody decided to take another tactic.  Despite her 
former protests that it was cold, she started getting 
undressed. *His head may be under the sleeping bag but he 
can still hear* She grinned at that thought. 

Inside the bag Wolf stuck his fingers in his ears when he 
heard Jody disrobing. *Why was she taking her clothes off 
if she was so cold? *  Although his ears were plugged, his 
imagination was not. Throughout the whole ordeal, he 
silently recited a mantra. *I will not be tempted. I will 
not be tempted. *

	The sounds of the other couple in the other tent 
carried into their tent as Jody lays there wide-awake, 
hyper-aware of the presence of the man just a foot away... 
the one she wanted. Badly. Very Badly.

	After a while Wolf unplugged his ears. He could hear 
his twin with his lady from the outside as well. He also 
could hear Jody sighing. He knew with just a word, he could 
be making those noises as well, however, did Jody want him 
for his mind or for his body?

	Jody realized she was getting no where. "Sorry..." 
she sighed. "This whole situation is such a turn-around 
from every other relationship I've ever had, it's just... " 
she started laughing in frustration.

	"I'm sorry too. It's not that I don't find you 
attractive...it’s just that when I was younger, I made a 
promise to myself. I promised myself that I wouldn't sow 
any 'wild oats'. I saw how girls felt when they found out 
how the guys who did really felt about them." Wolf sighed. 
"I guess I'm afraid that I'll end up like one of those 
girls. I'm afraid that I'll be cast away when someone 
better comes along. That's one reason why I'm waiting till 
my wedding night."

	Jody's heard the 'wedding night' declaration before 
but it still threw her to hear those words coming out of 
his mouth. Her laughter had faded, but the smile persisted. 
"I still can't believe I'd ever hear those words out of a 
man. There IS no one better to come along. I tried so hard 
for so long to get your brother in bed..." she confessed. 
"I honestly thought he was my soulmate. And now I think 
about making love to Peter, and it would seem more like... 
incest 
or something."

	"Wait a minute, Peter turned you down for HER? I've 
seen the love you have for Peter," Wolf asked 
incredulously. How could Peter turn down a nice girl like 
Jody for Jordan? What did he do?  Get the two names and 
faces mixed up because they both started with the same 
syllable and were both blondes? "I'm glad that you never 
went to bed with Peter. I don't know, it just wouldn't feel 
right to me."

	"I'm glad now too. I wasn't so glad a lot of nights 
in the past," she laughed. "The two of you are so 
completely different I don't even get confused when one of 
you walks in the room anymore. I know right off which one 
of you it is.  I think things worked out for the best. I 
honestly respect your beliefs, and I think it's the 
sweetest thing I've ever heard but...  GOD it's not 
easy..." she growled.

	Wolf smiled, "It's not easy for me either, but its 
something I believe in." Wolf was sorry that he was making 
Jody feel this way. But he also didn't want her to lose 
interest like she had in Peter when he hadn't slept with 
her. There was more to a relationship then just sleeping 
together. "Jody?" Wolf called in the darkness of the tent.

	"Yeah, Wolf?" Jody replied. She was taking deep 
calming breaths. "What are your dreams?" Wolf waited 
silently for her reply.

	"Dreams?" she smiled. This was a little like the 
campouts she'd gone on with friends when she was a kid. But 
no guy had ever asked her about her dreams before. 

	"Yeah, if you could do or be anything that you 
wanted, what or who would it be?" Wolf rolled so that he 
was facing Jody. He wanted her to know he was serious about 
this.

	She turned her head and faced him. "I like being a 
cop... I feel like I make a difference out there... but I 
want more out of life. I want to be needed for more than 
just my ability to shoot straight. I want to have a home 
and a family some day. I want a career and a husband and a 
couple of kids..."

	Wolf nodded his understanding, then realized that 
Jody might not be able to see him. "I understand where 
you're coming from completely. Truthfully? I would like the 
whole nine yards. A house in the burbs, a wife, and a 
couple of kids...and I wouldn't even mind if my wife wanted 
to work. It's not as if I 'd need the money or anything. 
Being a cop is what I'm good at, but it's not my dream 
job."

	"It's nobody's dream job..." she laughed. "It's more 
like a calling... it's just something you DO because it's 
what you ARE... Would that house in the burbs have a... 
nice backyard for cookouts?"

	"Yeah, and a little picket fence too. So the dog can 
run around the yard. I've always wanted a dog, but my 
sister was allergic to them." Wolf waxed nostalgically. 
"Although, we did have a couple of very nice fish."

	"I love dogs... And I'm sorry about your sister. My 
sister was killed too... I know what that feels like..."

	"Do you?" Wolf asked, leaning his head on one elbow.  
Jody couldn't seem to answer. She was staring at him. Wolf 
followed her gaze and brought the bag back up to his 
shoulders. "Sorry."

	This brought on another embarrassed smile. "Can't 
help it. You're gonna have to sue me for sexual 
harassment."

	Wolf chuckled. "That'll be a first. I've never heard 
of a guy suing a girl for sexual harassment. You think I'd 
win?"

	"I think you'd have a hell of a case. Since I'd break 
under pressure and confess on the stand. But I don't have 
any money, and you've already got more than enough, so what 
would you seek in damages?"

	"Oh, I don't know, maybe a date with the lovely lady?  
A real date?" Wolf held his breath. Jody was the first girl 
he's asked out since his wedding fiasco. Would she accept?

	She looked shocked, she looked thrilled. "You could 
have that without suing me."

	"Then it's a date then." Wolf replied. Maybe he 
should 
pick up some tips from Peter before going out.... wait, 
somehow it 
seemed like Peter's dates ended up in bed, maybe he 
shouldn't. He 
didn't want to send Jody mixed signals. Maybe, he should 
give it a 
chance, and just be himself. *After all, all girls couldn't 
be like 
Monique, right? *

	"It's a date," she repeated, a wide, almost goofy 
grin 
spreading across her face. "Now, if I promise to keep my 
hands behind 
my back, can I get a goodnight kiss????" she batted her 
eyelashes 
at him comically.

	Wolf thought about it for a second, "I....I guess 
that would be 
okay. But you have to close your eyes." Jody nodded. She'd 
do 
anything he asked. After seeing her close her eyes, he 
carefully inched 
his way out of the sleeping bag.

	She kept her eyes obediently closed, hearing the 
rustling of his sleeping bag and wondered what he was 
doing... maybe he was going to bolt out of 
the tent...

	Just as their lips were about to touch, there was a 
thump, shaking their whole tent. Wolf quickly backed away 
and covered himself with his sleeping bag as Jody's eyes 
flew open. A loud whisper could be heard. "Hey, you guys 
have any spare condoms in there?"

Jody growled and picked up her purse, quickly moving 
to unzip the tent flap and hurled the purse out at the 
offending whisperer... "In my wallet!!! You pig!" she 
hissed in frustration.

     *Thump* Wolf heard whatever Jody had thrown connect 
with her target.  And a person swear in Chinese. 

	*Wait a minute, Chinese curse? * Then something else 
hit him.  *That hadn't been Peter or Wendy's voice! *  Wolf 
looked at Jody as Jody looked back at him.  "Something's 
hinky, something's definitely hinky."

Wolf fumbled around until his hand connected with the 
flashlight. Flicking it on, he shone it right into the 
grinning face Lo Tou, Tsu's right hand man.