That hurt a lot. But it was said with such sincerity Bea couldn't even be mad. Ben wanted her, loved her, and feared losing her. Isn't that what everyone feared in any relationship? Besides, Bea had had the thoughts he worried about. She wanted to understand him, and had thought about it as taking him apart. But was she even capable of that?
"I get it, Ben. The problem is, I don't feel any closer to understanding you than I ever did. You are assuming there is an end to my curiosity about you. Nineteen years and you're an alien to me. A big, sexy alien. You sell yourself short, big brother." She looked up into his eyes, giving him the fiercest look she could. "If I am Athena, you're Superman." He laughed. A wonderful, pure thing that she absolutely adored. "We're crossing wikis in the weir
