What, oh, I remember, beer. I'd plumb forgotten, sorry." How long had it been since he'd had a beer with a pretty girl? "Yeah, some of those guys don'... like letting the girls have the gym." She did smell good."You didn't make other plans? We don't have to." She couldn't hide her disappointment."No, no. Just old age. If I don't write it down, it's forgotten." He packed his briefcase and smiled at her. "Let's go get a beer. Where do you want to go?" Something nearly forgotten stirred within him,. However we do that at work. Why do you ask?’ ‘Ah, difficult for me to say. But I am……how you say……I like Gale-chan very much. No, more than just like. I think she likes me too. But I worry about how home will be if we become couple.’ ‘Shozo-san, if you love Gale-san, then both of you should make a promise to the other to always talk to each other. Niki and I always spend a lot of time talking with each other. It is too easy for misunderstandings to happen. And we are too important to each other. He settled on lifting the covers and secreting it between the mattress and frame of the bed."Hey," she said as she walked into the room. She looked around and let out a little chuckle. "Weird, isn't it? We were never allowed in here. I still feel like I'm about to get in trouble. Aunt Helen is the same way." Yeah," he answered, tearing his eyes away from her. He was still hard, and she was just as sexy as she was at eighteen. He made a show of checking the closet, as though looking for more. The two walked up the front steps to a large suburban colonial. The cobblestone drive was wet from this mornings rain shower. Shrubberies decorated the sprawling front lawn and immaculate gardens wound their way from the front yard to the back. This was the house Mara had grown up in.Her father was a prominent lawyer and her mother had decided the pool boy was worth more of her time than her family. Mara shoved her key in the lock, letting Daria and herself in. A thick oak staircase stood.