Some may even say protective before flashing a sharp smile. “Just wait for the video.”“Ooh! Exciting!” Christine turned to her camera. “You ...eard it first, folks! Watch out for a video and it may hint at the release date of Cypher’s next album! Hey Cypher, is there anything you want to say to the people at home?” As Cypher turned to the camera, he pointed his finger straight at the lens.“Be true to who you are! And, never let anyone stop you from your goals. No matter what.”“Annnnd Cut!”. Peter laughed and put the key in the ignition. Surprisingly, the Jeep failed to start. It didn’t even turn over, but just gave a clicking sound. “What the...” He tried several more times, but nothing happened.Lauren quickly glanced around the parking lot and hurriedly buttoned her blouse and pulled the skirt back down. “Peter?”Her boyfriend gave her a mystified look. “Don’t ask me. I know computers, not cars. I can’t even change the oil on my own.” He tried to start the Jeep a couple more times. Her father was adamant that there be no cursing in the house, and “gorgonzola” was as close as she could come without risking his umbrage. She stepped to her antique wardrobe and pulled out what she thought of as her “industrial strength undies” and a pair of well-worn jeans. She peeled out of her wet, sticky panties and buried them deep in her laundry hamper so the bedroom wouldn’t smell like a brothel. Or anyway, what she imagined that a brothel should smell like. On impulse, she pulled the. The ups and downs of it all feels so fleeting, from the exhilaration of watching her in complete pleasure, to the deflation of selfishly waiting for ‘my turn.’ Unless of course you try the fumbling give and take, take, take, of simultaneous, both settling for something less, but doing it together. I watch as her lips, the lips that just moments ago seemed to surge over my mouth, swollen, bright pink glistening in the light, now descend, becoming a still life framed in the soft tufts of pubic.