"P." Okay, let's see what I've got - W. You start."Julie took another six tiles and laid them on the little wooden letter rack. I kissed her bare shou...der as I moved my body to see what letters we had. Julie's brain was working faster than mine as she evaluated the set, thinking out loud."Hmm. E, I, V, G, L, L, and N. Live, give, line, vine, nile, vill, veil, vile, gill, lien, ell, glen, nigel - you're not going to let me have Nigel, are you?" Nope, no proper nouns." Blast. Can't see any five. I would pay five times that much for the pleasure of sitting so close to you for a few more hours. As the others peel away to their cars, you ask if I’d like to take a stroll through the park to clear our heads before driving. Of course, I’d say yes even if my head was not in need of clearing – just to be with you a while longer. As it stands, we’ve each had several drinks and neither of us is feeling any pain. The park is virtually deserted at this time of night, although we pass a few couples. I guess. You see, you’ve always been fine with me flirting a little and always watched but let me deal with people getting handsy. The thing is with you about, I know I’m safe, you’ll step in if I can’t handle something. I think it’s that feeling of safety that emboldened me tonight when she started.”“How do you feel? Where do you want to go from here?”Nicola stopped and put her arms around my neck, pulling me down for a kiss. When we broke off, she held me an inch from her nose.“I'm curious,. “The counters were completely cleared for the first time in a month, this week. I was pleased to see that you finally took care of the toaster crumbs that have been driving me nuts, when you polished the toaster and put it up. You should have properly cleaned the coffee machine when you cleaned the pot, though. That’s gone for weeks since it was last cleaned and a quick wipe wasn’t enough. What disappointed me most though, was when I glanced at the floor while I was inspecting the coffee.