.. and always, her fingers stopped on her flat, sexy tummy, not going any closer to her aching slit, no matter how much she wanted them to go there. T...e same thing happened whenever Emily took one of the sinfully wicked sex toys out of one of the many boxes that her mother had given her, that were littered all over her bedroom – she could pick them up and look at them, but whenever she attempted to use any of them on herself, her hands froze.Great, Emily thought unhappily, as she descended. Opportunities to take our friendship to the next level arose. We had never capitalized on the opportunities that came about. The anticipation was killing as I stood in a sea of people waiting to get in. A man up ahead was directing people to two lines. With the VIP tickets I scored from work I got to go to the shorter of the lines. As I stood there waiting people were chit chatting, I felt odd because I was surround by people that were in groups of friends and couples. Standing there by myself,. Everyone filled out an application to interview for the jobs that needed filling. State Trooper Capt John Randall from Fairbanks chaired the meeting, similar to the one in Galena, and assured the people that if they lied on the applications, they would be put on a ferry to the lower 48 to fend for themselves. Randall also announced that because no contact had been made in states outside of Alaska, they had to consider that the survivors were on their own.The first task was to evaluate. .With a sigh, I started the ATV and slowly drove back to the beach house. When I got there I saw no sign of my lady. I put the machine in the garage, walked down to the beach, and just stared out at the water. Had I seriously fucked up ... again?Some uncounted number of eons later I felt a pair of arms wrap around me."Tommy, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have yelled at you. It's just that this whole thing has me spooked. I mean, engineers are supposed to be rational people, not the kind that believe.