My eyes flickered down to his groin, briefly, and when they returned to his face, I could see surprise slowly changing to silent approval, maybe actua... pride. My mind raced into the building to imagine Michael looking down on me from on high; could I pull it off without his knowledge? Stanley was clearly mine if I wanted him; did I have the nerve to let him know that I craved him? My head held still as Stanley passed out of view, to be replaced by his wife; attractive enough but with a. ‘Those guys told me about a good diner,’ she said with a nod toward the men who had just left. Resting her hand lightly on her pack of cigarettes, she looked at him awkwardly. ‘Do you mind?’ ‘Oh – no,’ he said quickly. ‘It’s a bad habit, I know,’ she said, lighting a cigarette. ‘There’s just nothing like a good cup of coffee and a cigarette in the morning.’ ‘Yeah,’ he replied, watching her small fingers deftly handling the lighter and cigarette. He gave himself a mental shake. ‘Actually, I. Cal and I walked home that evening, as far as her house, and were greeted by both our mothers. They had obviously been talking, and judging by their reaction when we walked in, it had been mainly about us.“Ah Romeo and Juliet return,” my Mum said.“Actually, we’re Shylock and Jessica,” I replied.Mum gave me her quizzical look.“Merchant of Venice Mum, we’re both in the school play this year. I’m playing Shylock and Cal is playing Jessica, my daughter.”“It’s worse than we thought Pat,” Mary. I had to go to the bathroom and noticed that Amy must have left to be with Travis. I took care of my business and fell asleep. We all slept till noon again. The next day, we showered and fixed lunch and then went outside again on the golf cart. We again hung around with people drinking and socializing. We basically did the same thing that afternoon. We drank and hung around the campsite until night fall. Travis made another fire and some people hung around with us. “Allyson, Travis and I are.