He did call. The next Friday they saw a movie, had drinks afterward, and spent the night at her apartment. They were great in bed together. Then they ...ad to get out of bed. Weeks would go without a call from Ken. When she called, he always wanted to see her. When he called it was usually for something special, like a weekend at a vacation resort. He gave her gifts. He remembered her birthday. The anniversary of the night they met was celebrated at the club where they met. He introduced. The light became blinding as the window rose above Jim’s head. Time seemed to come to a halt. The cat let out a cry as the rope around its hind leg pulled taut and began to raise his him off the ground. He swung his head around to snap at the intrusion. Jim and his friends laughed at the jerking and twisting of the cat as they pulled the rope. The rope went up over a branch and back down to the cat’s hind leg. Jim continued to chuckle as he raised the air rifle and drew a bead on the writhing. Shit." I breathed, now covering my mouth with my hand."What?" Tracy asked, sounding annoyed at being out of the loop."You didn't say 'pretty', Sam," Charlie said in a shaky voice. "You said'beautiful'." As if to emphasize his point, he gestured at me.I didn't need a mirror at that moment to understand his point. Penny wasn'tjust pretty, she was beautiful.If I really thought about it objectively, without a lifetime's worth ofself-esteem baggage coloring my opinion, she was the most attractive. We spoke for sometime and I asked her ” shall we start”She asked me to wait and went to the restroom and came back in her nightdress (shorts and sleeveless top)Fuck. That’s it. I’m done. I got my boner. Tried hard to control myself and acted casual.We started boozing. And it was heavenly.After few rounds, we were very close. We hugged each other and said we liked each other very much. We revealed we had a liking for each other from college days itself. I started kissing her and she responded.