Lou Ann tightly held on, and when it was clear we weren't in any danger of falling, she kissed me right on the lips and said, "You're my hero!"Rather ...han pull back and embarrass her, I kissed her right back and let her feel my lips on hers for little while. Lane smiled and rolled her eyes, but I knew it was what she expected of me, so I went along with it.Lou Ann wiggled around so much in my arms, I stopped to see if I was holding her in such a way that it was pinching or hurting her. It was. ”Maddy kissed Dave really hard. “Enough of this talk about national statistics. I want you to make love to me again.”The events around Christmas time made the Circle especially festive for that time of year. Most of the homes forewent a Christmas tree because there was a huge tree in the core that reached all the way to the cathedral ceiling in the core living room. There were decorative lights and displays everywhere to lighten the mood and propagate a holiday air. Mike had gotten the speakers. ..I remembered that my husbandwas sitting about ten feet away from me. I opened my eyes to see whathe was doing and saw that he was staring right at me. I jumped a littleand pushed Marcus to one side. I reached for my drink and swallowed therest of it down.Rather than yelling at me, my husband simply smiled at me. When Marcusoffered to pay for another round, he asked me if we should stay. Icouldn't leave right then, because my dress was around my waist and mypanties were to one side. Brad took me upstairs making small talk, and I just had to go into that washroom and clean myself up, that's all I could think of. Brad walked me into the washroom and held my hand and looked me in the eye and asked if I wanted to be touched more and I was shocked again by his aggressive talk, I was scared, my head kept telling me to say No, but my voice wouldn't come out and all I could do was nod and say YES... I wanted Brad, just there and then, and I definitely knew he wanted me. He.