‘Oh my God, what a dream! It was so real…’ She looked at me uneasily. ‘Did you…?’ ‘I did, Sweetheart,’ I said, patting her thigh. The ...own was still rucked up around her waist, and the skin of her bare thigh was silky and slightly moist under my hand. ‘We were there together. In our new house, safe and sound. Just like we are here.’ ‘Too weird,’ she mused. ‘Still, it’s kind of fun, isn’t it? Are we going to survive the winter, Jack?’ ‘I’m sure we will. Although in the future things would be. I had brought along my laptop and storage disk,and we would go on a marathon of sorts after dinner.So,one day i was feeling particularly bold.”Do you drink? Nysa” Yes,we were on a first name basis now.She gave me a quizzical look.”Why do you ask?”“Nothing much.I was thinking we could celebrate today night.Nothing special.Just like that.”“Ok.I don’t drink much but we can try it out since it’s a weekend tomorrow.And you know what! Your uncle has a well stocked cellar.We can trying out something. I really wasn't enjoying this but I obeyed Keith and I hoped he at least was enjoying it. I saw him following me at a distance and he was smiling at my discomfort.I got the pizza and drinks and managed to make it back to the shoe store without spilling anything but I got lots of looks. Keith opened the door and we went inside. He told me, "Lose the Shirt DeAnn." I laid it on the counter and walked back behind the curtain. Where my hands were cuffed behind my back and Keith told me to keep my. It turns out that they're the people he went away with at Christmas, and we swapped notes on him, and technique, and experiences ... honestly, you'd have blushed to hear us. We talked about Uli too, and how he's the one who created her, virtually, and they're so happy for him and her, and don't seem to think that it'll change anything. (Trudi and Cook were unanimous that she'd been a complete disaster area till he arrived, and that Angela had been a complete bitch too).Enough gossip. When.