(http://i908.photobucket.com/albums/ac281/jillianjiggles/untitled.jpg)<br/><br/>Andrea Peyton stepped into the theater with her head held high, scanning the room and looking for familiar faces. She was a naturally tall woman, and she loved to wear heels to accentuate this feature. Today she had on a pair of black ones which, though they appeared modest from the front, had a quite daring spike in back. They went well with her dark skirt and jacket and, all together, made her a notable and slightly imposing figure as she made her way through the crowd which was settling into their seats.<br/><br/>Andrea curved her full lips into a smile as she nodded to several far-off figures she knew from some place or another.<em>Complete bores, </em>she thought to herself,<em> unable to talk about anything or anyone who hasn't been dead for at least a thousand years. </em>She pretended to see someone else she knew and quickly changed course, moving towards the front of the theater.<br/><br/>For Andrea this lecture was something of a challenge for herself. She considered herself well-versed in Cleopatra, finding the queen to be the most fascinating figure in all of history, and wanted to see if this presumptuous professor Nakhti really had anything new and illuminating to say about the Queen's time and rule - or if he was just another in long line of men trying to make their name off of the fame of the great queen.<br/><br/>Andrea found a seat with several empty chairs around it and sat down, placing her bag on the chair next to her. She took out a  notebook and silver pen that she held like an executioner's sword, ready for the speaker to make the slightest error.<br/><br/>Her bright eyes followed the speaker as he walked on to the stage. He was quite handsome for an archaeologist - there were far too few "Indiana Jones" types in her profession these days, and far too many who looked like his side-kick Sallah. If nothing else, this lecture would be easy on the eyes.<br/><br/>Sitting straight-backed, Andrea crossed her long legs and listened to the lecture begin.