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 Rebound by pointless()(FF)

   Many thanks to Angeline for proofreading and helping me edit this
wonderful story and to -phreak and Mythical_ for their comments on the
rough version.  I hope everyone enjoys this.  It's the first story I've
managed to finish in over three years.  Please read, enjoy and feel free to
send me any comments to email address above.

   Thank you.

   Kayley Jeffers was, for all intents and purposes, just your average
American girl from a nice suburban town trying to make it through those
rough young adult years in much the same way as any number of her peers. 
Namely she experimented with sex, drugs and alcohol while trying to hold
down a job that at least paid the rent and her phone bill, kept her in
decent clothes and allowed her car to remain legal and running well enough
to get by.  That way she wouldn`t have to rely on her Mom and Dad anymore
than necessary.

   She was what she, and several more forward people, liked to call "cute."
She was fairly short, and fairly skinny, but not quite skin and bones.  She
had a little bit of tummy and enough fat on her bottom that she constantly
caught guys (and a fair share of girls) casting an approving glance her
way. Her breasts were hardly spectacular, but they were more than adequate.
Nice and perky, as a former boyfriend used to say.

   She generally kept her black hair close to shoulder length, but
generally tied it up in a short ponytail or whatever suited her mood.  Her
attire would generally be considered something like casual punk in the
sense that she preferred her pink chucks to high heels and well-worn,
nice-fitting jeans and a band t-shirt to a skirt or some sorority girl type
outfit., but she was hardly a hipster.  Cute and relaxed was good enough
for her.

   At the tender young age of 20 (almost 21) she was doing well so far,
though not necessarily in the way she'd always imagined.  She wasn't going
to college trying to