??Nonsense,? I was told with the air of an expert speaking to a plebeian,?Every girl needs at least several outfits specifically chosen forschool. Aft...r all, you only get one chance to make a good firstimpression.??I am not showing up for the first day of class looking like I just gotdunked in a birthday cake,? I asserted, already picturing her trying toget me into some grand, lacy, frothy concoction that you?d only find ina Disney movie.?No, no.? She waved the notion away, ?I know by now. It turned out to be not as bad as he thought, he confided in me later. It was worse. I made arrangements with the owner/operator of one of the barges that still plied their way up and down the rivers. We spent the day huddled in the bilges. Don held his temper the entire time, even when dirty water and the occasional rodent made the darkness even more miserable.In what seemed like no more than a week or two we emerged in Vienna. I figured we had probably lost any pursuit, but I didn't want to. .." It was about the only thing she couldn't see herself forgiving Ben for, especially in light of how worried she was.He shook his head almost instantly. "As far as I know, he really is missing. I just made it sound a bit more ominous than perhaps I should have. It was a slimy thing to do, I admit that, but I wanted you to gravitate to me, not to some old professor." Ben knew Professor Salinger was far from old, but he wanted to drive his point home. "So there you have it," he finished,. ”As he caressed the inside of her thigh, he grumbled, “Do it quickly or I’ll take care of it.”She shivered with desire and knew she would have the exquisite fun that she had been aching for these past few days.Lunn felt a warm body cocooning his back and a slender hand resting on his arm. He took a few deep breaths to clear his head and then realised that Danette was sharing his bed. He chuckled inwardly, as he recalled the moment that she had caught him unawares. He had genuinely thought that.