‘Thank you,’ she hoarsely told me, ‘My head feel kinda light,’ and then she began to smile. ‘Thank you, God,’ I quietly smiled, looking to...the heavens, ‘I owe you big time for this one, Lord.’ ~~~~~~ TEN DAYS LATER ‘Okay, now,’ the surgeon told Brittany before he began removing the bandages, ‘You’re still a little bruised so, don’t be upset when you see the dark skin. However, your surgery went spectacularly perfect and when the bruises go away, you’ll be able to see what I’m talking about,. When the announcement was made Carla and Penny turned in the forms and stood next to each other with 16 other women in the line. The tree judges started at one end of the line and Carla and Penny stood up strait and smiled broadly as they inspected each of them. Carla was pleased when they gave her the trophy.She set the trophy on the table before sitting down. Richard said, “I saw all these women standing for the judges and Carla you clearly were the most beautiful.” Carla said, “I am proud. That coffee-maker of yours looks like it came out of a lab somewhere."Okay ... If there's an abnormality in the Community, a good case could be made for coffee-snobbery. I ground the beans for today's brewing and loaded the drip coffeemaker. In a minute, it was dripping dark brown nectar into a thermal carafe.The three of us sat at the breakfast nook's table."How do you feel this morning, Mom," Cindy asked."A bit hung over. Kind of fuzzy in the head, you know." She paused, surveying us. "Maybe. Hard shoves. Hot bodies. Beating harts. Loud exhales. Heavy Breathing. Finally calm. Forever changed. I was so lost in euphoria and lust. We were completely in a cocoon, multiple cocoons actually. The cocoon of the snow covered the car, and the cocoon of pure lust all around us. In our cocoon there were no other sounds other than our moans, heavy breathing, and our skin colliding together over and over again. There were no other smells but the smell of sex and sweat. There were no other tastes.