All of this attention made Rachel very self-conscious as she did not like to be the center of attention. She preferred to be in the background where s...e could look and listen rather than being seen and heard. We had been dating for little over a year when I asked her if she would like to go on vacation with me. She asked where I was going and I told her I was going to San Diego for 2 weeks. Rachel got excited about see Sea World, the famous San Diego Zoo and visiting the beaches and said she. " I speared another piece of pineapple and poured the last of my tea out of the darling little china pot. "I'm not sure, but I think women get more interested in sex for the sake of sex as they get older. I wish I knew some other people to ask about that. But I'm exactly like you. I still like romance, but now that I'm older the idea of an orgy doesn't exactly turn me off." So I'm not a pervert?" Either you're not, or we both are," I said. "Nice to have company." Well, it's all fantasy anyhow,. We found a table and started eating. I resisted the urge to reach out and touch your hand; we were only there as friends, yes there had been some flirting messages back and forth and comments that were fraught with sexual innuendo but nothing had been defined about this outing being anything more than one of friendship. I tested the waters by making some comment about collecting for breast cancer at a charity event the night before and wearing a low cut shirt with dollar bills hanging out of my. " Good to hear, Dr. Lucy. Don't worry about the blood work. I'm pretty sure there are no strange microbes in there, and I'm positive there are no steroids. Whoops! Maybe 'positive' isn't a word I should be using in connection with steroids! Seriously, even my cholesterol should be in pretty decent shape. I'm very confident that the Birds won't find anything to cause me to get shipped back to Wrigley Field." I'm glad. It'll be nice to have you here in Baltimore." How'd you ever end up here.